My father just recently passed away and while going through his belongings came about this coin and it was left to me I am wondering if anyone knows of its authenticity and if so of its value
I seen one on a post it was kind of like copper bronze looking and someone replied to him that the authentic ones we're silver as mine is
No. Your coin is not authentic, sorry. This is what a real one looks like: https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide...es-km-103-1732-1747-cuid-1116248-duid-1417199
Definitely a novelty, not genuine. An 8 reales from Spain would never have French writing on the obverse.
A 1732 would look the same as a 1740 except for the year. If you had the REAL coin from that year, it would be worth at least $2750 according to NGC.
A genuine piece my family went in on to gift my grandfather. They're fairly hard to fake due to the reeding on the edge
What he's telling you Marc is that all the genuine Mexico 8 reales coins dated from 1732 to 1771 had the same design on them. What you have been told by the others is correct, what you have there is nothing more than a modern reproduction, and it's not even a reproduction of a genuine coin, it's merely a token, a novelty piece of some kind. Kind of like the one you see here - I was the co-designer of that token, it was issued in copper and silver versions as our coin club token. Over the years there have been many companies and organizations who have used designs similar to the Pillar Dollar. The one you posted and the one I posted are merely two of them.
What you got is a piece that was part of a promotion to sell toothpaste back in the 1980's. The company and I cannot remember its name ( maybe Crest)came out with something like six coins??? copying originals that were in circulation during the 17th and 18th Centuries and having something to do with Spanish colonial coins and pirate treasure.
I have one of these coins I found as a kid in 1974. It not real, but, in fact is a reproduction . Mine, was a reproduction made in 1969 and has a crude bevelled outside edge where it was cut out. However my coin after being cleaned eventually turns very black indicating the real silver content. So, as I have had many coin collectors look at it, they have all told me it does have some value for the silver in the coin.