Lima 8 Escudos

[TooManyHobbies]

Does anyone know what kind of coin this is? It looks very similar to the coins on the wallpaper to this site.
Front(?) side has two palm trees with L, "8", M on top. P, V, A in middle. 7, I, I on bottom. Along the edge is DIARVM.
Back side has cross with lions and castles with PHILIPPVS along the edge.
About the size of half dollar. It seems there is a stamped ridge (seam) like two sides were pressed together to form coin.
I'm told it is a Lima 8 Escudo. Is there any way to find out if it is real or fake? It doesn't look like pure gold to me, but it could be as pure as they used. How 'pure' would it be, anyway?
Even if it's a genuine conterfeit (meaning conterfeited in the 1700s), what kind of value would it have?

 

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[Mackaydon]

TMH:
Between 1537 and 1728, the eight escudos was set at 27.4680 grams of .92 fine gold (22-carat gold). Also, a known counterfeit coin of any era would be valued at the intrinsic value of the composition metals; values higher than the intrinsic value might be based on the intent to defraud the next owner.
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[diggummup]

Good answer Mackydon. All you have to do now is have the gold tested to see what karat it is. Do you have a digital scale to weigh it with? Try your local Pawn Shop for gold purity and the exact weight if you don't have the means to test or weigh it.

 

[TooManyHobbies]

I haven't been this excited about this coin for years. Now that I'm getting close, it feels like Christmas....Oh, yeah, it is Christmas. Merry Christmas and thanks.

I'm going to get it weighed ASAP.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Here are some replicas to compare.
http://www.sedwickcoins.com/l8e1736Nfake.jpg
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/thumbnails.php?album=12

 

[stevemc]

Did you find this coin? If we had a better pic we could tell what it is. The cross looks like its gold plate is worn, but without a better pic it is hard to tell.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Did you find this coin? If we had a better pic we could tell what it is. The cross looks like its gold plate is worn, but without a better pic it is hard to tell.

I brought up this observation in the "What is It?" section.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,126602.0.html

In the picture, it appears the gold plating is coming off on the surface of the cross. Is this true? Often pictures are deceiving.
Quote from: TooManyHobbies on Yesterday at 10:05:14 AM
It doesn't really have the Look of gold to me. So yes, I would say the plating is coming off. But not flakey or anything. It almost looks like it has lead sandwiched between.

Im sorry, but if it is not solid gold all the way through, then it is a replica. I have some older replicas myself without the word COPY. It sounds like the thin gold plating is wearing away, exposing the lead based pot metal. If it is pot metal, it is not dangerous, but worthless.
http://www.deadmentellnotales.com/cgi-b...rce.cgi?search=action&keywords=XTCR
Any pawn shop would be able to tell you if it is gold or not.