Spanish - Eight Reales 1761

Hi everyone. I am new here and was hoping for some expertise on some old coins I found while cleaning out the house. I was given these coins about 26 years ago when I was in primary school from a friends father who was originally from Austria, but immigrated to Australia.

On one side it says 'HISPAN ET IND REX CAROLVS III D G' and on the other 'M VTRAQUE VNUM M 1761'. It is not magnetic, weighs about 26 grams, diameter of 39mm and 2.7mm thick.

I have googled and believe it is a Spanish Eight Reales. Am I correct and what would it be worth? Thanks

 

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1761-MO 8 Reales. Minted in Mexico City. Nice coin.

 

Carolus III is how they spelled Charles III. He was king of Spain at the time. "M" is the mint mark for Mexico city. There coins are generally common in VF-XF condition. Your example looks much nicer and is probably worth $300+

 

I don't see anything immediately wrong with this coin, but given the fact that all of the coins you have posted today have been counterfeits, I am going to say this one is probably guilty by association.

 

Yeah, I was kind of noticing the"E" in Vtraque looks suspicious, along with some other features.

 

Undoubtely FAKE columnario Lots of wrong details.

Sorry for the bad news...but always better the truth is

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/8-...eninsulars-for-all.258294/page-2#post-2160240

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I'm gutted after having this coin for 26 years. Ah well it was a freebie

 

You have our sympathies. We have all been there, for one reason, or another.

 

The missing dentils in some areas is a red flag for a counterfeit coin struck from a transfer die. Genuine coins will have either full or partial dentils all around, but a transfer die made from a coin with areas of partial dentils can lead to coins being made with areas completely void of dentils. This may not be necessarily true for all types of coins, but it is for 8 reales like this one.