Pillar dollar is it real

[cheech]

Got this the other day wondering if anybody could tell me if it's real or a reproduction thanks for all the help

 

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[captain flintlock]

Sorry cheech but it's not real. It's a copy of an eight reale coin. The dead giveaway is the seam line that you can see on the edge of the coin. It goes all the way around and that's the sign of the two halves put together in production. The pattern on the edge is not quite correct either.