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All fascinating pieces, @MrEureka! Gonna necessitate careful study with some strong dark beer this evening/weekend... First quick observation - along with what @genosse said - #2 is curious. The only… (View Post)

The denomination "I", rather than "2", is visible on both sides - it's just a large, heavy 1 Real as made. A decent amount over (or under) prescribed weight is occasionally observ… (View Post)

Cayon was doing it 10+ years ago, and it indeed made shipments take approx. 2 months... the other Spain houses generally did not. Maybe the gov't is applying some pressure. (View Post)

Well, that "1768" that went up today is, by its execution/fabric, some sort of modern concoction... As such, it's really more properly a tribute or imitation rather than a numismatic "… (View Post)

Does look like good gold from a distance, but those surfaces look very non-kosher, particularly looking at the clearer reverse photo. As noted above, there are off-metal patterns (though no, that NGC… (View Post)