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Welcome to Tnet.
Sadly, it's a (rather crude) modern replica produced as a souvenir or plaything for kids with almost no value.
Sadly, it's a (rather crude) modern replica produced as a souvenir or plaything for kids with almost no value.
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Yup, I have a bunch of them.
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I checked it against some of the suggestions to see if something is silver. Not magnetic and ice melts immediately. I did a Half dollar at same time and got same results? It looks like gold and silver in pic, but it’s all silver in color. Was this not a way to see if it was silver! I’m new at this and it’s the only one I’ll ever have.
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An XRF, acid, or spit and foil test to confirm. I hope it's real, it just doesn't look like it. Take it to a local coin shop and get a quote.
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I don't regard the 'ice-test' as a reliable way to distinguish silver from other possible metals and alloys. Having said that, replicas do of course exist in silver, but usually not such poor reproductions as yours. Often they're produced by taking a mould from a real coin and intended to deceive.
However, take a closer looks at the design elements on your 'coin' versus examples of the real thing. I've isolated the four quarters on the reverse of yours and shown them below alongside those from a typical authentic Philip III 8 reales. The castles (if that's what they're intended to be) are really poor representations and the lions are laughably inaccurate. No way is that a genuine coin, nor a cast from the real thing (my opinion of course). Sorry.
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Red-Coat: You put in a great deal of time to share your knowledge with a fellow TN member. Helping each other is the best part of this website. Well-played!
Good luck to all,
The Old Bookaroo
Good luck to all,
The Old Bookaroo
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