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Message:: [QUOTE="benkarl, post: 637774, member: 19527"]Thank you for noting values on my list.  I posted a picture of the Spanish 80 Reales coin in post 11 of this thread.  Someone else identified what it was for me which is how I was able to know what it was.  I saw the 80 on it, but the website I was looking at didn't even list an 80 Reales coin.   It is a very shiny coin.  That's what first drew me to the coin out of the whole lot.  It has been sitting in a box with most of those other coins for decades.  They were never cleaned or polished and all the other ones (except some of the very new ones) are either dirty and grimy or at least have a dull finish.  This one was nice and shiny and doesn't really show much wear at all.   The picture doesn't do it justice at all.  It looks much brighter in person.  I tried taking a picture with my digital camera, but I couldn't get it to focus close enough to make out the details so I stuck it in my scanner instead.  I can take a couple more with the digital to show the color better, though they won't be so close that you can see all those details.   I presume that I'd need to weigh it to tell if it is gold.  How would I find out the proper weight for a gold coin of this type?   Thank you again.[/QUOTE]