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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fireandice556, post: 945602, member: 26508&quot;]<i>I&#039;m looking for your comments and opinions.&nbsp; I need to understand and reconcile with my past mistakes for me to move on...</i> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a couple of Spanish Colonial 8R Portraits/Monarch&#039;s Bust which I felt is on the borderline / questionable authenticity.&nbsp; I provided a link on hi-resolution for better study.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m trying to learn with the help of this forum.&nbsp; For the past&nbsp; two months, I&#039;m trying to segregate which coin goes forward to my main&nbsp; collection, and which one would go into the counterfeit bin or secondary album.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your opinions / knowledge.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p><b><u>1. Mo 1788 FM (KM#106.1) Armored bust of Carlos III</u></b></p><p><b></b><i>Diameter </i>: 39.17mm side-to-side&nbsp; &nbsp; / 38.87 top-bottom</p><p><i>Weight </i>is a bit below the normal at 26.5gms.</p><p><i>Obverse </i>: The date has a lump on one of the &#039;8&#039;. Some fine lumps near the &#039;III&#039;. Lots of circulation damage. </p><p><i>Reverse </i>: is a bit better looking than what is showing and highlight, but still does look has those spots.</p><p><i>Edge </i>: I found no overlap, though it exhibits a lot of circulation damage.</p><p>I&#039;ll let the picture do the talking.</p><p><img src="http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii202/akula_88/coll/portrait/0be53af2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii202/akula_88/coll/portrait/38739b85.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii202/akula_88/coll/portrait/d0ec17c3.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii202/akula_88/coll/portrait/d0ec17c3.jpg" rel="nofollow">Click here for hi-res photo of Obverse</a></p><p><a href="http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii202/akula_88/coll/portrait/ca43d79c.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii202/akula_88/coll/portrait/ca43d79c.jpg" rel="nofollow">Click here for hi-res photo of Reverse</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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