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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jgenn, post: 2569462, member: 78525&quot;]STOP!&nbsp; There is an excellent book you need to own before you buy any more 8 reales, especially the colonial portrait series.&nbsp; &quot;Counterfeit Portrait 8 Reales -- the Un-real Reales&quot; by Robert Gurney.&nbsp; Much of this book is devoted to contemporary counterfeits but he explains about the late 18th -- early 19th century restrikes for the China bullion trade.&nbsp; These coins are difficult to tell apart from genuine just by looking at pictures of the obverse and reverse.&nbsp; You should also peruse the many posts by Mr. Gurney under the name &quot;swamperbob&quot; at coincommunity.com.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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