Modern Phoney Spanish Colonial  8 Reales ?


   I have downloaded a number of images of 8 Reales which have been
   advertised on eBAY as "100% genuine". These are listed at
   "bargain" prices. If the price seems too good to be  true - maybe there is  
   a reason.

   I leave it to the reader to  decide the similarities betwen these pieces
   and whether (?if?) they differ from the genuine article.

   There is obvious post-striking processing that the makers are engaging in
to simulate wear and to distinguish these pieces from their recently struck
coins.

  PLEASE DO NOT RESELL A COIN IF YOU LEARN THAT IT IS FAKE!!!
          - Learn your lesson and move on -
 

1733  Mo MF - eBAY 11/2007   KM $5000 Offered at $599 Starting Bid        Too good to be true? Happily this was  withdrawn - BUT someone BID $700 chasing after this "bargain"           TANSTAAFL - Robert Heinlein	1733 is a popular date  - These guys keep trying: Here is another eBAY November 2007 - IF YOU DECIDE TO BID: PLEASE ask the seller in advance if you can submit the coin for CERTIFICATION	-Yet another 12/17/07 "MX" mint   $888 Starting Bid
1742  Mo MF - eBAY 11/2007	1750  Mo MF - eBAY 11/2007	1751  Mo MF - eBAY 11/2007
1763 Mo MF - eBAY 12/2007 Check the attempts at simulating toning / corrosion.	1771 Mo FM - eBAY 11/2007 A lovely and convincing job of simulated aging.
1753 LM J eBAY 12/16/2007	1755 G J eBAY 11/2007 (G = Guatemala  labeled as  "Mexico") Same die used 12/21/07 - Again labeled as Mexico)
1757  LM JM- eBAY 11/2007 (LM=Peru labeled "Guatemala")	1770  LM JM- eBAY 11/2007 (LM=Peru labeled "Guatemala")