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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 1172303, member: 17919&quot;]That is the proper design for a 1770 8 reales. The portrait 8 reales was first minted in 1772. However, saying that, I can&#039;t say offhand if that particular coin is real of fake. I will say that the extremely weak letter T on the obverse, and the extremely weak ET on the reverse, on an otherwise well-struck piece, would give me cause for concern. I will also say that the o above the M at 8:00 on the obverse looks wrong, especially when compared with this 8 reales from the same year and mint:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/29/anversoy.jpg/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/29/anversoy.jpg/" rel="nofollow">http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/29/anversoy.jpg/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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