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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ahearn, post: 600121, member: 18211&quot;]The coin is apparently from Lima, Peru and the assayers was (D) Diego de la Torre. According to Daniel Sedwick in his well respected book, &quot;The Practical Book of Cobs,&quot; he makes the following statement:</p><blockquote><p>&quot;The coins of assayer Diego de la Torre of the 1577-1592 period are notable. His production is more scarce than rare, yet much sought because of the good quality of workmanship and wealth of varieties of mintmark-assayer-denomination combinations, any of which can be sometimes to the left of the shield, sometimes to the right.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p>Here&#039;s a photo from page 77 of the book showing a 4-reales coin by the Peru mint and same assayer. Notice position of mintmarks.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.mindspring.com/~ahearn/images/coin_cob.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><span style="color: Red">edited</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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