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Re: Question… can a genuine 1830’s Zacatecas 8 reales weigh 24.9 grams?
Good pickup! I just missed that one last week. If I recall correctly Riddell suspected that 1830s Zacatecas had had dies stolen, I have seen a few pretty good counterfeits. Specific gravity testing v…1 -
Re: You meet some really good people in here
Great books, and very generous on the giver's part. A copy of Gilboy is a serious gift!7 -
Re: 1814 8 reales...authentic or fake
Yes, I agree with all, a very fake modern copy, unfortunately not worth anything except some small value as a novelty. In spite of it being modern I do sort of enjoy that the forger is part of a long…1 -
Re: The Spanish Colonial Popayan Census: A Review of the Extant Population
Here is that 1815. I believe the Norweb is another tooled Mexico City issue, doesn't match any Popayan I have seen in style.1 -
Re: Cool contemporary counterfeit 1 real with wrong monarch
That's a great counterfeit, nice pickup!1
