On the 8 reale pieces all of them have the o over the M on both sides from 1732-71 - same for the 4 reales. On the 2 reale pieces the transition...
If you are a subscriber to Coin World then you can easily get what you want. Randy Campbell (sic) has run a column on grading Walkers for some...
I'm afraid I don't understand your point here, I know of no - 0 - confirmed examples where a slab has been successfully opened and the coin inside...
Then I feel confident it is a fake. The weight tolerances for 2 reales of the period were 6.7660 to 6.8658 grams. Couple that with the look of the...
Look at the rim, see how the edges are rounded over, Proofs are not. And the coin does not have mirror fields, simply shiny fields. It looks more...
My first thought is that you have a reproduction, but I'll check the books later today and make sure.
Certainly works for me ;)
No idea what caused the break in toning, but it was caused by something rubbing against the coin and scraping the toning off. As for the spot...
Actaully the Spanish were quite precise when it came to the weight of their coins. They had tighter tolerances then than we do today.
Sorry, but based on those pics, if that's a Proof I'll eat my hat.
Based on your pics my inclination is to say this coin is a cast fake. If I am wrong in that assumption the coin has definitely been very harshly...
Not really the best pics for this but the coin appears to be a cast fake. Can you get it weighed and report back ? If you do not have a scale you...
Have to agree with the consensus - AU
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