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Message:: [QUOTE="realeswatcher, post: 24808852, member: 148396"]Very nice piece! Yeah, the old-school etchings are fun - that's a remnant of another era. Definitely a cruder style asyr F... and in the legend, looks like "GRATI", no last A? RE: the fake, I'll forgive them for not actually recognizing that it's well-known to cob/Spanish Colonial specialists - that's probably beyond their reasonable knowledge base. And while this one does have a nice patina at first glance, the way low weight should have given pause (esp. since it doesn't have a clipped look)... plus there are a few pores/zits visible on this specimen. Not the first "known" fake to pass, of course. In the last year, I've seen two of the equally ubiquitous 1730 Mexico fake slabbed and a known 1733 klippe fake w/Guat. C/S (which is up on eBay right now) slabbed. You mentioned the 1732 Potosi... then there is a 1728 Lima, etc.. All are fairly good quality (well, the 1730 pieces are "eh") and that's why they fool people. [ATTACH=full]1587831[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1587832[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1587833[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]