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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 1582375, member: 18320&quot;]<b>Piece of Eight</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, dang! I can&#039;t put my hands on those fat men. I think I know where they are, but it&#039;s for a later time now. But while rootin&#039; &#039;round for &#039;em, this (and a few others) rolled to the top. I&#039;m pretty sure there&#039;ll be past threads to enlighten me about the &#039;Reale&#039; truth of what I&#039;ve got here, but I had the camera out, so I shot a bunch of pics to share until I find the fat men.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is 26.9gm, 38.75mm; the obverse is a Carlos IV...but the reverse isn&#039;t (at least according to Wikipedia) so I have a suspicion it ain&#039;t genuine: the date also adds to that wonderment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for getting me started this morning!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]218950.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]218949.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]218948.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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