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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 24628209, member: 110226&quot;]I agree that a photo the coin should be sent to Sedwick for his opinion.&nbsp; As for the garbled legend, the coins from this period (roughly 1610s to 1629) are noted for often times illegible legends and replacement of letters, as exemplified below.</p><p><br /></p><p>Potosi, Philip III, 8 reales, Undated (c. 1616-17), assayer M.</p><p>KM 10 </p><p>27.13 grams </p><p><br /></p><p>On this coin the king&#039;s name is spelled &quot;PHYLPVS&quot;.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1566251[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Paoletti notes legend and other anomalies for this an subsequent assayers, including transposed letters, castles and lions and reversed elements in the shield&#039;s design, so I am not surprised by the illegible legend on the OP coin&#039;s obverse.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The shape of the OP coin&#039;s flan seems consistent with those illustrated in Paoletti&#039;s reference for the cobs of this period.&nbsp; Weight information would give any indication of clipping, but I don&#039;t think that is the case for this coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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