8 reale cut coin help

mxh5891

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Found this coin while metal detecting this weekend. I have found another cut reale on the same property. Was hoping somebody could help me identify more information about it.

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My guess is the coin is older. The 8R Mexican coin of 1755 has a diameter of 39 mm.
8R coins of the previous monarch (Felipe V) are of a diameter of 40 mm.
Based on my measurement, the coin of the IP is about 41.8 mm.
Though a real coin would not be that large (and I'm not suggesting the IP's coin is other that authentic), I would favor the older series 1732-47).
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My guess is the coin is older. The 8R Mexican coin of 1755 has a diameter of 39 mm.
8R coins of the previous monarch (Felipe V) are of a diameter of 40 mm.
Based on my measurement, the coin of the IP is about 41.8 mm.
Though a real coin would not be that large (and I'm not suggesting the IP's coin is other that authentic), I would favor the older series 1732-47).
Don........

I would imagine you did your best measuring the cent and subject coin using the pic! I did the same and although I know that attempting such, the measurements would never be ideal especially when the pic was taken at a slight angle, I did so anyway. In doing so, I came up very close to a 40mm (actually 39.9mm) diameter size for the O.P.'s cut 8 Reale coin.


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