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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4013973, member: 85693&quot;]That is, if it is genuine, an unusually nice example conditionwise for a Postal Commemorative Society encapsulated 8 reales.&nbsp; It is a very early, desirable date as well - 1776 dated 8 reales are not especially scarce, but it is a popular date with collectors for obvious, patriotic reasons.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It seems to me I&#039;ve seen the PCS 8 reales that were fake, or at least questionable, on eBay, but I have nothing specific to share (so I don&#039;t mean to be unduly alarming).&nbsp; Over the years I have gotten a few 8 reales that the Washington Mint harshly cleaned and packaged in a similar way (&quot;America&#039;s First Silver Dollar&quot;).&nbsp; These were sold via magazine ads starting back in the 1980s (for $75.00 back then, which was quite high).&nbsp; The harsh cleaning (polishing, actually) turns off a lot of collectors, but if I can find them cheap on eBay, I&#039;ll go for it - they make good pocket pieces and many of them have interesting chopmarks (which I collect).&nbsp; Here is an 1809 with the typical Washington Mint polishing job: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1055719[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If I were you, I&#039;d break it out of the capsule and weigh it and examine the edge.&nbsp; There is nothing from the photo you provided that screams fake to me. I don&#039;t think the Postal Commemorative Society &quot;slab&quot; adds much if any value to any coin (I could be wrong - so please check with others!&nbsp; I don&#039;t collect slabs!)</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to see a definitely fake 1776 8 reales, see the Wikipedia page for &quot;Spanish Dollar&quot; - if you click the photo, the caption says it is a fake.&nbsp; They style is all wrong.&nbsp; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_dollar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_dollar" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_dollar</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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