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<p>[QUOTE="Hispanicus, post: 2012092, member: 72626"]I'm new to this forum and recently started collecting again after a long hiatus. The reason for posting is what I believe to be a 1 reale Lima Peru cob minted in 1721 that I recently picked up and appears to contain a few anomalies. Namely, the orientation of the castle towers and lions on the coat of arms with respect to each other and to the assayer's mark and mint mark. For the purpose of reference, I'm using the base of the tower in the coat of arms as a zero degree orientation reference point. If you examine the photo, the lions are rotated 90 degrees clockwise to the tower orientation. Additionally the "L" mint mark and the 'M" assayers mark are located 90 degrees counterclockwise to the orientation of the towers. Any way you slice it, the identifying components are not pointing in the right direction.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm much more familiar with milled coinage and and understand that cobs are a bit more crude, however, these irregularities appear to be something that early 18th century quality control should not have missed. Could this be a period counterfeit?</p><p><br /></p><p>Any knowledge and feedback is welcome</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks </p><p>[ATTACH=full]362684[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]362685[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hispanicus, post: 2012092, member: 72626"]I'm new to this forum and recently started collecting again after a long hiatus. The reason for posting is what I believe to be a 1 reale Lima Peru cob minted in 1721 that I recently picked up and appears to contain a few anomalies. Namely, the orientation of the castle towers and lions on the coat of arms with respect to each other and to the assayer's mark and mint mark. For the purpose of reference, I'm using the base of the tower in the coat of arms as a zero degree orientation reference point. If you examine the photo, the lions are rotated 90 degrees clockwise to the tower orientation. Additionally the "L" mint mark and the 'M" assayers mark are located 90 degrees counterclockwise to the orientation of the towers. Any way you slice it, the identifying components are not pointing in the right direction. I'm much more familiar with milled coinage and and understand that cobs are a bit more crude, however, these irregularities appear to be something that early 18th century quality control should not have missed. Could this be a period counterfeit? Any knowledge and feedback is welcome Thanks [ATTACH=full]362684[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]362685[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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