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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4467279, member: 85693&quot;]Not an expert, but it looks real to me too.&nbsp; I actually prefer coins like yours - lots of signs of use. </p><p><br /></p><p>Spanish 2 reales of this era were used a lot - because they were of lower silver purity than the 2 reales coming from Spanish Colonial mints (Mexico, Peru, etc.), they circulated heavily. </p><p><br /></p><p>They were counterfeited too - I recently picked up a worn pistareen from my local dealer&#039;s junk box.&nbsp; When I went to research it, I found it had to be a fake - 1761 dated coins should have had Carolus III, not Philip!&nbsp; In a way this makes it more interesting - it is a fake, but it is an old fake that saw a lot of use. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112267[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s Numista on a genuine 1761 pistareen:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces17955.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces17955.html" rel="nofollow">https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces17955.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a good article on pistareens being used in the North American colonies.&nbsp; Lots of history with these:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/wikiuploads/CNL/Pistareens.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/wikiuploads/CNL/Pistareens.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/wikiuploads/CNL/Pistareens.pdf</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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