1805 Spanish 8 Reales, Peru LIMAE IJ - Chopmarked, XF+ Details - Chopmarked 8 Reale - Spanish Silver Colonial Era Coin 1805 Eight Reales Peru

All of our coins are authentic. We have many decades of experience and equipment to test our coins authenticity and composition. Trust is the TreasureHunterCo. brand.  1805 Spanish 8 Reales, exact coin photographed. Peru as a Spanish colony (LIMAE IJ). XF+ detail, awesome chopmarks.  Chopmarks: These punch-like marks were made by Chinese merchants to verify the silver content of the coins they received. Coins with well-known chopmarks, like those from the China or India, can be highly desirable to collectors. Coins with a lot of marks like this have a great deal of history because they were stamped by many of different merchants. Some of the chopmarks can even be traced to specific merchants and locations allowing a collector to trace where his coin has been in the past!   Great addition to a collection.