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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Teddydogno1, post: 1959513, member: 71226&quot;]I just received this coin and would appreciate any comments and input.&nbsp; The seller says that it is genuine, but obviously I would like independent confirmation.&nbsp; I plan to take it in to my local coin shop tomorrow but I don&#039;t know who good he is with older stuff.&nbsp; It certainly appears to be a &quot;shipwreck&quot; coin...either that or it is badly cast!&nbsp; But look closely at the few elements that do not have &quot;shipwreck effect&quot;, such as the E and M on the date side (which I am calling obverse) and it looks like smooth, struck metal there.&nbsp; Clearly it has overall damage, but it is light enough that the entire coin is easily visible I think.&nbsp; On the later &quot;bust&quot; reales coins, the mint mark is fairly easy to find, but I don&#039;t know which element to look at on this coin.&nbsp; Not sure if it is a Spanish struck coin, or Colonial.&nbsp; &nbsp; Any other info would be greatly appreciated!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.teddydog.org/coins/1761_2reales_obv_small.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.teddydog.org/coins/1761_2reales_rev2_small.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I DID buy this out of Spain before I learned here that there were a lot of fakes coming out of there.&nbsp; However, the price was fairly low, seller offered a return policy and does have good feedback.&nbsp; Price was $25 delivered.&nbsp; Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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