By style, that top 2E is peninsular Spain, Philip II... should be Seville, 1588-97 (type with the date R of shield). Something was done to that...
Twinkly coin, good cartwheel which doesn't really seem to break at all on the bust... but also a decent amount of surface chatter and not the...
The Hollandia shipwreck is the primary source for the rather plentiful amount of 1740 Mex 4R on the market. The Reijgersdaal has contributed a...
BTW, I assume I'm reading correctly that you in fact bought the model coin from Long in 1982? Were you familiar with the fakes at that time......
Very nice piece! Yeah, the old-school etchings are fun - that's a remnant of another era. Definitely a cruder style asyr F... and in the legend,...
Heh... popped up on eBay last night: [ATTACH]
Stumbled on this searching about another piece. Apparent contemporary counterfeit... several varieties observed:...
How much was the CR 1866? The spotted toning is there, but a decent amount of meat there for an earlier 50c.
"Casts are basically flat on both sides." "They" get the dimensions/waviness of cob planchets on numerous observed examples. Of course plenty of...
The piece Mark posted is Mexico, 1712-14 style. It sold via auction the other day on eBay; it appears someone gave him a reasonable guess...
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