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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;avi400, post: 809343, member: 10181&quot;]Hi to all,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I saw a coin from Mexico 1753 8 reales in ebay, see the link.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The weight of the coin is 26.52 grams and it is not fake (I think).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ihere is the link in ebay:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D380195927704%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D380195927704%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=380195927704&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I surch about the weight if it is must to be around 26 grams.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I saw in a site that:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;<font face="Georgia"><font size="5">T</font></font><font size="2"><font face="Georgia">he Spanish 8 reales was the world money standard from the time the Mexico Mint started striking coins in the late 1530&#039;s until the 1850&#039;s. The New World 8 reales and the subsidiary 4 reales, 2 reales, 1 reales and 1/2 real started out as crude &quot;cob&quot; coins (See: </font><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/spanish-coins.asp" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/spanish-coins.asp"><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #0000ff">Spanish Treasure Coins</span></font></a><font face="Georgia">) with irregular shapes, often with parts of the design missing. This made it difficult to ascertain that the coin weighed the proper amount (27.03 grams). </font></font></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Georgia">&quot;</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Georgia">This is from this site:</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://www.coinsite.com/content/faq/8RealesMilledPillar.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinsite.com/content/faq/8RealesMilledPillar.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinsite.com/content/faq/8RealesMilledPillar.asp</a></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Georgia">I see that:</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">&quot;This made it difficult to ascertain that the coin weighed the proper amount (27.03 grams). </font></font></font></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Georgia">&quot;</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Georgia">Now if a coin like this have only 22 grams for example, this coin is must to be fake?</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Georgia">Thank you very much for advanced.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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