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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4163334, member: 85693&quot;]Great thread!&nbsp; I used to belong to Chopmark Collector&#039;s Club - I was really into chops for a long time.&nbsp; Mostly I do ancients nowadays.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, the OP looks fine to me.&nbsp; Not an expert, but I&#039;ve handled quite a few of these over the years and nothing screams fake at me. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for &quot;duplicate&quot; chops on the same coin, I think this is a pretty common occurrence.&nbsp; As others noted, the Chinese merchants were handling a lot of these all the time and I doubt they were that careful.&nbsp; In any case, it would be easy to fake a chop.&nbsp; But who knows?&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Lima 1799 with some chops (some duplicated):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1073587[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a peculiarity about Lima 8 reales I&#039;ve wondered about - some of them have tight, Mexico City-type flans.&nbsp; Others are considerably broader.&nbsp; Below is the 1799 (38 mm flan) to the right of a 1793 (40 mm flan).&nbsp; Note the reverse letter spacing, etc.&nbsp; Both of these have identical (!) weights:&nbsp; 26.56 grams. </p><p><br /></p><p>It seems the earlier dates were on broader flans?&nbsp; I have a 1791 that is also broad.&nbsp; The OP looks like the broader type flan, in keeping with an early date.&nbsp; Heck if I know...does anybody have information on this? </p><p><br /></p><p>The 1793 has been heavily polished, obviously.&nbsp; It also has large chops, which are a bit unusual for Charles IV 8 reales (this type chops is very common on later US and UK trade dollars, FIC piasters, Japanese Yen). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1073593[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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