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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jimmybob96, post: 8321010, member: 138472&quot;]I was leaning towards thinking genuine, but with odd quirks. The quality of the strike and high relief of the portrait and serifs seems absolutely correct for Mexico City. The edge milling is the most intact in my collection thus far, minus the obscured second overlap. In the area where the second overlap should be, I can see some smudging on the edge where the two patterns would have terminated (can be observed in edge photo 4).</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the weight, as a rule of thumb I generally avoid anything under 26.5 grams. I have seen some genuine 8 Reales sell on Sedwick auctions that still had lots of detail and weighed 26.5-26.3 grams as a result of surface corrosion. So the weight didn&#039;t actually scare me too much.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, with regards to the ping test, I don&#039;t put much trust in this method of testing because the same coins can sound different. This coin in particular still makes a high pitched sound, but it just doesn&#039;t resonate at all. I&#039;ve read various threads about how surface corrosion can cause changes in the metal composition, especially observed with shipwreck coins that read as 99% silver on the surface. So it could be possible there was an alteration to the coin that is causing the odd ping.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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