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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4503960, member: 102103&quot;]Found a Chile 2 reales from 1812 for size comparison.&nbsp; </p><p>Both the 1737 Seville and 1812 Chile ones should be about 27.5 mm, 6.77 g</p><p>I definitely think 2 mm of the perimeter of the Seville coin have been clipped off.</p><p>Seville 2 reales is 4.6g, 25 mm</p><p>Chile 2 reales is 6.1 g, 27.5 mm</p><p>Looks like the coin clipper took advantage of the fairly wide design on the edge and shaved off just enough that all the text would still be visible.&nbsp; You can barely tell that the top of the crown on the reverse is clipped away.&nbsp; Kind of cool as a historical artifact, even if it reduces the numismatic value of the coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1116766[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1116767[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1116768[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1116769[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1116770[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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