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MEXICO, Mexico City, klippe 8 reales contemporary counterfeit, 1733 MF, very rare, ex-Ponterio.

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MEXICO, Mexico City, klippe 8 reales contemporary counterfeit, 1733 MF, very rare, ex-Ponterio.
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MEXICO, Mexico City, klippe 8 reales contemporary counterfeit, 1733 MF, very rare, ex-Ponterio. S-M28; KM-48; Cal-1431. 23.2 grams. This piece looks just like a typical, perfectly square-shaped klippe with full details, practically no corrosion, and lightly toned fields... until you notice the low weight, porosity, and low fineness (XRF tested at 80% silver) that make this piece a cast contemporary counterfeit (found among genuine examples on the wreck), just as it was described in the original Ponterio auction. Curiously, we have not seen any others of this counterfeit, nor the original it was cast from. Pedigreed to the original Ponterio "Rooswijk" auction of March-April 2006 (lot 137), with generic certificate from the salvors. Recovered from: Rooswijk, sunk in 1739 southeast of England