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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;StevenHarden, post: 4361272, member: 67639&quot;][USER=44615]@paddyman98[/USER] </p><p>[USER=99642]@Hookman[/USER] </p><p>[USER=59737]@Seattlite86[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for your replies.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am pretty certain that all of these pieces are counterfeits.&nbsp; I am surprised the counterfeiters would use assayer initials on #66 that don&#039;t match with any from 1806.&nbsp; I am also surprised the counterfeiters of #67-68 would date the coins 1979 and still use the head of King George V.</p><p><br /></p><p>The idea that the plating on #66 is peeling off would seem like the most likely reason the piece looks the way it does.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t think someone would be trying to fake a lamination issue, but you never know.&nbsp; I&#039;m not even sure if there are Mexico 8 Reales with lamination errors.&nbsp; As for #67-68, I don&#039;t understand why someone would want to have pressed them together to imitate die clash marks along with them being stamped &quot;21Kt&quot; and the fact that the obverse bust of King George V is completely wrong with the 1979 date.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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