1820 Spanish Silver Dollar (Piece of Eight)

Bought at the market today. Hope it's the real McCoy. It's a bit worn, but I don't see anything overtly suspicious. The lady I got it from is a regular dealer and her husband is a coin-collector who does fairs etc all over the world, so I reckon I'm in safe hands. I've weighed the coin and magneted-it and everything seems to come up heads...

 

Hi Dave,

Yes I know what the weight is and I'm confident this is genuine. It's a fraction underweight, but I'm not bothered by that. It's not overweight, but weighs slightly more than my other coin (which I know is genuine for sure).

The cleaning doesn't bother me so long as I know it's authentic. I did wonder about the dent, but I figure that's part of its history But thanks for the breakdown and the opinion, much appreciated.

And no, I paid about 1/3 less than what I did for my first one, so I'm happy about that. I guess the reduced price was due to its condition.

 

Just for my own peace-of-mind, I took this to a local coin-dealer I know. It took him all of half a minute to confirm it as the genuine article.

I also showed him a 1896 Russian rouble I picked up recently, and he declared it to be the real-deal, too. He also said that it was rare for its size. I'm not sure how true that is, but hey...that's pretty neat.