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<p>[QUOTE="jgenn, post: 3995843, member: 78525"]Assuming that your example is not a recent forgery, then this is a great one to keep because it will fool most collectors and dealers at first glance. If it didn't have the assayer error, you might get some resistance from people that think they know how to authenticate these issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>I deliberately did not use the term contemporary counterfeit because that should only apply to forgeries made to circulate along side genuine issues at the time when the genuine issues circulated. Bob Gurney is currently describing these as "bullion forgeries" for the category of coins that were still used for their bullion value, well after their normal period of circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some photos from an 1808 dated 8 reales from the Potosi mint. All the Spanish Colonial mints used parallel edge milling machines, so the two overlaps at opposite sides should show on all genuine issues from any of these mints.</p><p><br /></p><p>edit to add: I'll find some of Bob's posts on CCF to link to later.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1052008[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1052009[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jgenn, post: 3995843, member: 78525"]Assuming that your example is not a recent forgery, then this is a great one to keep because it will fool most collectors and dealers at first glance. If it didn't have the assayer error, you might get some resistance from people that think they know how to authenticate these issues. I deliberately did not use the term contemporary counterfeit because that should only apply to forgeries made to circulate along side genuine issues at the time when the genuine issues circulated. Bob Gurney is currently describing these as "bullion forgeries" for the category of coins that were still used for their bullion value, well after their normal period of circulation. Here are some photos from an 1808 dated 8 reales from the Potosi mint. All the Spanish Colonial mints used parallel edge milling machines, so the two overlaps at opposite sides should show on all genuine issues from any of these mints. edit to add: I'll find some of Bob's posts on CCF to link to later. [ATTACH=full]1052008[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1052009[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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