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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jimmybob96, post: 8320789, member: 138472&quot;]I posted about my coin on coincommunity, but the world coins forum appears to have lower activity recently.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my 1787 Mexico 8 Reales that has some quirks I&#039;d like to point out. First is the obvious surface texture, this coin has environmental damage. Second is that I can&#039;t find the second overlap on the edge milling, which it should have. The first overlap is present in edge photo 2, but I cannot see where it&#039;s supposed to be in edge photo 4 (180 degrees). Third is more of an observation, but I tried a ping test on it and it sounds completely different than my genuine Charles III 8 Reales, there is no resonance to it whatsoever. Lastly, this coin is a little underweight clocking in at 26.57 grams, this could possibly be due to the environmental damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m at a bit of an impasse as the quality of the strike and edge milling looks consistent with the quality of Mexico City mint, but the other details are making me second guess. I don&#039;t see ridiculous wobble in the edge milling like I see on contemporary counterfeits, or &quot;boxy&quot; circles in the edge milling. I&#039;ve been told every genuine 8 Reales will have two overlaps 180 degrees from each other and will terminate similarly.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1473851[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1473852[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1473853[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1473854[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1473855[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1473856[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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