Reyes Catolicos question

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Hello everybody,

I am trying to identify a coin and also to find out if it is real or some kind of tourist copy.
After some time trying to find lettering on internet finally I was able to read it.

Obverse lettering: FERDINANDUS:ET:ELISABE:D:G:
(Ferdinand and Isabella dei gratia)
Reverse lettering: REX:ET:REGINA:CAST:LEGIO:A:S:G
(King and queen of Castila and Leon, Aragon, Sicilia and Granada)
Diameter: 25.1mm
Weight: 4.3g
Thickness: 1.05mm
Non-magnetic

It looks similar to this 1 Real:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces32164.html
But sizes are different and I am not sure if it is silver.
Any ideas?

Many thanks in advance.
Not completely sure, but i know there are many replicas and copies of coins such as this, so I would definitely be wary.
Citation: "CassTaylor"​Not completely sure, but i know there are many replicas and copies of coins such as this, so I would definitely be wary.
​While trying to read lettering I noticed on internet that there are a lot of different copies.
Personally I don't like that it is too round.
And I don't know how to test for silver.
Ice is melting fast, but it is not good enough.
Hello, it's too heavy for a real and the metal doesn't seem to be silver : it shouldn't weight more than 3,4g (and 6,7g for a 2 reales but the size doesn't match). The strike is too perfect too (the coin is indeed a bit too round and well centered, it happen sometimes, but it's not usual).

For me it's a replica of a real of the reyes catolicos minted at Toledo (mintmark T on the right of the coat of arms), the the mintmaster's mark is a 5-dot flower (on the left).

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