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<p>[QUOTE="jgenn, post: 3998255, member: 78525"]Spanish coins were debased several times by official decree so there are differences for that reason. Deliberate, unofficial debasement did happen <a href="https://www.sedwickcoins.com/articles/countermark.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sedwickcoins.com/articles/countermark.htm" rel="nofollow">at Potosi for a time and resulted in executions</a>. Otherwise, the alloy was carefully made. When evaluating a surface scan, such as XRF, you need to be aware of the silver enrichment that occurs during the various stages of the milling process.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jgenn, post: 3998255, member: 78525"]Spanish coins were debased several times by official decree so there are differences for that reason. Deliberate, unofficial debasement did happen [URL='https://www.sedwickcoins.com/articles/countermark.htm']at Potosi for a time and resulted in executions[/URL]. Otherwise, the alloy was carefully made. When evaluating a surface scan, such as XRF, you need to be aware of the silver enrichment that occurs during the various stages of the milling process.[/QUOTE]
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