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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1728391, member: 112&quot;]la plata agria translates as - sour silver, so I have no idea what that is supposed to mean. But there are no marks or anything to the right of VTRAQUE, or your coin or those I pictured, nor are there supposed to be any marks in that location.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the differences in details, I have marked them on your coin. You can compare those areas to the other 2 coins I pictured and plainly see the differences. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]269476.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The two things I have circled in red on the obverse of your coin, the only examples where those details occur are on the Mexico 8 reales from 1763.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]269477.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>On the reverse of your coin I have circled the detail on the bottom band of the crown. On your coin it is completely different from what it is supposed to be, which is the design you can see on the coins I pictured. This detail is exactly the same on all dates from this period of Mexico coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Couple those design differences with the appearance of your coin, which looks like cast examples look, and with the light weight of your coin, and you have the reasons I think your coin is a fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>But if you wish to believe it is genuine, by all means do so.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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