✅ SOLVED Real or fake? It's a fake reproduction.

[JWT70]

I found this on a Florida beach. Just wondering if it's real or a fake? The other side has shells stuck to it, and you can't see any of the coin.

 

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[Tony in SC]

Which beach? Clean it, weigh it and get a pic of the back. There were a lot of fakes planted.

 

[smokeythecat]

Hard to tell uncleaned but the "T"'s in the cross don't look quite right.

 

[JWT70]

Which beach? Clean it, weigh it and get a pic of the back. There were a lot of fakes planted.

St. Augustine

 

[Tpmetal]

Photo is very blurry, but to me it looks fake. Better pics would help

 

[cudamark]

I would expect a genuine real to look more black than that. Better pictures might help.

 

[unclemac]

these are most often tourist pieces but we can't tell from your picture.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

From the only picture shown it appears to be one of the many reproduction coins sold and given out in Florida. The picture appears to show a raised lip all around the edge, a sign it is fake.

 

[JWT70]

I would expect a genuine real to look more black than that. Better pictures might help.

It's fake. I took it to a coin dealer.

 

[Capncrunch]

I know this post is resolved, but... I found three of those on Indian Shores Beach, about a month ago... They appear to be 1677 Bolivian 8 Reale Cobs, but they are exactly the same size, shape, etc. Two were encrusted in about an inch of sand and salt, until I broke them open (and also broke the FAKE coins) to see what I'd found. Bummer that they are fakes, but on a positive note, the Legend works well on the beach and I found them!