2 Reales Counterfeit

Features

Location	Mexico
Period	Federal Republic (1823-1905)
Type	Contemporary counterfeits
Year	1860
Value	2 Reales
Currency	Real (1535-1897)
Composition	Silver plated brass
Weight	5.6 g
Diameter	28.35 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Cast
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 537986

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Obverse

National arms. Eagle with snake in beak, standing in cactus in the middle of lake. Country name at top and olive and oak wreath at bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering: REPUBLICA MEXICANA

Translation: Mexican Republic

Reverse

Radiant liberty cap at center, face value, mintmark, date, assayer's initials and fineness at bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 2R. Go. 1860. P. U. 10 Ds. 20Gs.

Unabridged legend: 2 Reales, (Guanajuato mintmark), 1860 P U 10 Dineros, 20 Granos.

Comments

As counterfeit, coin has the Guanajuato (Go) mintmark, P U Mint master and assayer's initials, that do not match with active this year/mint, and fineness description. Of course they don't correspond to reality by being fake coin.

Dineros/granos were an old purity scale, used for silver. Pure silver was equal to 12 Dineros, and each dinero was divided on 24 Granos; therefore, this scale express silver fineness of 0.9027 (10 Dineros = 0.8333 + 20 Granos = 0.0694).

Likely silvered

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1860 Go PU

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