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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1674991, member: 112&quot;]I think you&#039;re either misreading or misunderstanding what you read Paddy. For example, when you say that 8 reales ranged from 22-28 grams, that may well be the weight range for specific individual coins that have been found. But that was not the specified weight for the coins. The specified weight was right around 27 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>In other words, there may well be genuine 8 reale coins that only weigh 22 grams, but those coins were either debased (minted with a lower fineness of silver than specified by law), or clipped (metal shaved or cut off around the edges of the coins).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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