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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;somecoinguy, post: 7943330, member: 124203&quot;]Before starting my story, I would like to preface that I don&#039;t really know anything about coins from Mexico. I went to a coin show this morning and picked up a bunch of coins. One of the coins I bought was this 1882 8 Reales coin that caught my eye for $30. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]1375299[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1375298[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, when I got home, I started to do some research on it to try to determine its value. I couldn&#039;t find any information on the mint on the coin. I decided to weigh it. When looking on Numista, I saw that the coin should weigh 27.07g. Well, this one only weighed 18.2g. Well, that&#039;s not good... If I had ever held a real one of these coins, that much difference in weight would probably be fairly noticeable! I then did the trusty magnet test, and it stuck to the magnet. And looking more into it, even the reeded edge isn&#039;t right on this coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]1375297[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, this is the first counterfeit coin that I have bought (that I am aware of). And it can serve as a lesson to me, and maybe others as well, to be careful when buying things you don&#039;t know much about! I am thankful I am only out $30 for this coin, and I will definitely be more careful going forward![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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