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<p>[QUOTE="SilverSurfer, post: 738582, member: 21603"]It's hard to tell, but this piece could be smaller due to stripping around the edges. A lot of coins where shaved around the edge with the shaver taking the excess silver for their own pocket and passing on the shaved, less than 8 piece onto the next schmuck. So, I wouldn't expect it to be all fully there considering the date. I think you could best find out about it by weighing it and seeing how it weighs up to a real Piece of 8.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, a lot of these coins where cut or chopped in half or quarters to make change, spur of the moment. So, finding one in its entirety is a good thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, I'm not expert on old spanish coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SilverSurfer, post: 738582, member: 21603"]It's hard to tell, but this piece could be smaller due to stripping around the edges. A lot of coins where shaved around the edge with the shaver taking the excess silver for their own pocket and passing on the shaved, less than 8 piece onto the next schmuck. So, I wouldn't expect it to be all fully there considering the date. I think you could best find out about it by weighing it and seeing how it weighs up to a real Piece of 8. BTW, a lot of these coins where cut or chopped in half or quarters to make change, spur of the moment. So, finding one in its entirety is a good thing. But, I'm not expert on old spanish coins.[/QUOTE]
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