8 reale cut coin help

[mxh5891]

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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[vpnavy]

Until someone pipes in - I searched Google and found...

Mr.J 1755 Mexico 90% Silver VTRAQUE VNUM FERDND VI HISPAN 8 Pillar Dollar/Copy Coins/Aare Coin and High Quality

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[Mackaydon]

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........

 

[dejapooh]

Nice 4 bit piece. Someone used it to make change...

 

[huntsman53]

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.


Frank

 

[Mackaydon]

Frank,
For what it's worth, I did the measurement again and came up with 39.7 for the OP's coin; still larger than the standard for an F-VI coin.
I'll stick with Felipe V.
Don....