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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;King_George_Va, post: 21248879, member: 52567&quot;]I found in my collection&nbsp; a Spanish silver dollar -1739 , from reign of Philip V. I suspect it to be a counterfeit. However,&nbsp; I took it to my LCD and he tested it for silver and it passed.</p><p>There is a discrepancy on what it weighs. One LCD said my coin weighs .8022 ounces.</p><p>The other LCD said it weight .7 ounces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I can&#039;t find a definitive weight that it should weigh </p><p>Also, one LCD said he did not like the grey color of my coin.</p><p>The embedded picture is a real&nbsp; coin.</p><p>My coin is in the attachment and has a orangish circle around if.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>Can/would the board enlighten me?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>VTRAQVE VNUM M[EXICANUS] 1739 (&quot;Both (are) one, Mexico [City Mint], 1739&quot;)</p><p>Displays two hemispheres of a world map, crowned between the Pillars of Hercules adorned with the PLVS VLTR[A] motto.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse </p><p>IARUM] REX (&quot;Philip V, by the Grace of God, King of the Spains and the Indies&quot;)</p><p>Displays the arms of Castile and León with Granada in base and an inescutcheon of Anjou.</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Philip_V_Coin_silver%2C_8_Reales_Mexico.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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