Attribution please

theboz11

A friend that I bowl with gave me this to attribute.. Input would be greatly appreciated

TwoKopeiki

Looks like something trying to be an 8 Reales cob and failing miserably at it.

lordmarcovan

Yep, fake piece of eight. Probably from a museum gift shop where they hawk 'em to tourists. I used to buy them as a kid in Florida, when we lived on the treasure coast. They looked snazzy in my fish tank.

theboz11

Thank you, confirms my suspicion that it was not real. Looked too new and not dark enough for a real one.

lordmarcovan

Mushy detail, like a cast piece. Dead giveaway. Mind you, some of the sea-salvaged real ones can look pretty awful, and they were crude to begin with, but that one is a pretty blatant replica. Those M's in the angles of the cross are pretty strange, too. (Or W's? The lions are upside-down in your picture. Never seen that on a real coin, as far as I can remember. Maybe it's a trademark of whoever cast the replicas?)

Sapyx

1736 is a very commonly seen date on replica Spanish colonials. Apparently they sell them at Disneyland.

theboz11

<< <i>1736 is a very commonly seen date on replica Spanish colonials. Apparently they sell them at Disneyland. >>



Since I live just an Hour away from that playgroud, it is not a surprise that he had this. Thanks