CarlosJ ✭✭

That’s interesting. There is also a uniface trial strike in silver. That piece had lathe like lines on the blank obverse and was thus deemed a later strike/fantasy because it was thought that no stea… (View Post)

I am unaware of contemporary counterfeit 8 Reales from CR. I have seen one contemporary counterfeit 8 Escudos from CR. The shown examples with the crude engraving dated 1824, 1830 and 1831 are modern… (View Post)

The proven facts for the CR mint 8 Reales F are roughly as follows (from memory): * dies were engraved in Guatemala. * assayer initial is Felix Mora. * 8 reales of the WOI series circulated and were … (View Post)

<< <i> << <i>can anyone please answer this in a way so even I, dummy, will understnd/: if this is a "classic" fake, when was it made? and WHY??? if it was made at th… (View Post)