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Message:: [QUOTE="Insider, post: 7811340, member: 24314"]AndrewC, posted:"Interesting observations. I did not notice the broken lion tail, although now it does seem like a suspect detail." This is a fascinating series full of contemporary counterfeits and some time ago the modern C/F'ers got into the game.  One good book I recommend for further reading is Counterfeit Portrait Eight-Reales the Un-Real Reales.  Decades ago, when the transfer process to make fake dies was not very good, I learned that the dies for these coins were made using punches.  This is all in the book above.  Therefore, we could find a letter (like an "N") with a tiny defect of some kind (like a nick on an upright) and all the "N's" would be identical.  In the case of the OP's coin, the tails are the same.  That's a + IF that is on other coins of this date and mint.  However, with the excellent transfer processes used these days to make fakes, it is no longer as helpful.  I did not find a coin of this date and mint w/broken tail punch on the Internet - yet![/QUOTE]