Aside from all the questionable 8 Reales of all dates coming from overseas , the 1760 Mexico City Carlos III is a problem coin. It was copied in large numbers over 40 years ago in the U.S.A.. So unlike the...
There are a couple of things that come to mind when I see the seemingly endless supply of 8 Reale coins appearing on e.bay , usually from the same group of dealers. Firstly I recall a television documentary...
It is hard to detect many of the fakes and copies listed these days. One easy one is the 1776 "FF" Mexico city 8 reales. To start , all the 8 reales of that time were minted with a Mint Mark and Assayers...
My collecting began from purchasing faked coin. Probably, the suspicions about authenticity of 1741's '"pieces of eight" directed my mind to the historical aspects of my love to money and esthetics. Before, I...
By Robertson W. Shinnick, World Numismatist In searching large bulk lots of world coins, you're eventually bound to come across some Spanish peseta coinage with the portrait of Francisco Franco on them. One...
Always request to see a close-up picture of the side of any Reale you are interested in buying.The early Pillar Reales are minted with a floral design that is almost impossible to duplicate buy these...
The seventeenth-century Spanish resell one of the most famous and recognizable coin of the modern Spanish, and yet the least appreciated. This is due to two reasons: its huge wealth and by common,...