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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;acanthite, post: 598725, member: 6647&quot;]The coin does not look real from the photos. But if it were, I would guess it to be an 8 reales cob from the Lima mint, Hapsburg shield type, assayer D. This would date it between 1577-1588. What you are calling a &#039;B&#039; would be the denomination, 8.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Edit: There are also some hammered 8 reales from Spain in the 1600&#039;s that look a bit like what this coin is imitating. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The upper right of the shield is blundered, among other places, as in struck more than once but not overlayed correctly the second time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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