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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cncman, post: 573901, member: 17256&quot;]Thanks, just curious, this coin from the notre dame collection website, the weight for this 2 Reales is listed as 6.12g and the diameter at 26.2mm That is farther away from the weight range you listed as acceptable, but I doubt that ND has a fake in their collection, was this a different composition for 1740? I swiped the pics too. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>2R&nbsp; 1740&nbsp;&nbsp; Mo-MF</b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Philip V pillar coinage&nbsp;&nbsp; (Mexico City)</p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; PHILIP · V · D · G · HISPAN · ET IND · REX [six petal rosette] </p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; VTRAQUE&nbsp; VNUM / [rosette] Mo [rosette] 1740 [rosette] Mo [rosette]</p><p>Weight:&nbsp; 94.3 g&nbsp;&nbsp; (6.12 grams)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Diameter:&nbsp; 26.2 mm</p><p>Comments:&nbsp; This is an exampe of the first milled or &quot;pillar&quot; coinage. On the obverse to the left of the crowned Spanish arms there is . M F representing the initials of the assayers Manual de Leon and Francisco de la Peña y Flores who worked together 1731-1754 (see, Pellicer i Bru, <i>Glosario</i>, pp. 40 and 154). To the right of the arms is the denomination 2 with a rosette above and below, for two reales. On the reverse Mo is the mintmark for Mexico City. On the columns is PLUS VLTR, an abbreviation for the motto Plus Ultra (More Beyond).</p><p>Provenance:&nbsp; From the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Collection. </p><p><img src="http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinImages/Sp-milled-1/Sp-2R-Mo-1740.rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinText/Sp-milled.3.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinText/Sp-milled.3.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinText/Sp-milled.3.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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