1868 Spanish 10 Escudos gold

[Bugmann1974]

I was looking through some of my coins and came across a 1868 Spanish 10 Escudos.

 

Are there any diagnostics to tell me wether it is real or not? I will try to get some pictures up when I get home from work.

[Bugmann1974]

Here are the pictures, sorry they are crappy. Is there any reason to doubt the authenticity of this coin?

 

[dooly]

Hi there .. if it is real it should be about 8.38g also the second star mint mark should have the numbers 68 or 73 in it..

 

Looking at the coin the spacing of the letters look all wrong to me (PORLAG should be POR LA G) and the reverse shield seems to large and indistinct also the lettering is way off the positions it should be and larger than normal..

 

sorry i would say Fake !

[Bugmann1974]

Thats cool, I didn't realy think it was. I happened to pull this out of my dealers world coin junk box. He was selling 16 for a dollar that day. I didn't really think I would be lucky enough to pick up a gold coin for 6 cents

[dooly]

Still a bargain in my eyes at that price could get you a couple of £'s on ebay form the fake coin collectors .. that's a huge % profit

 

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