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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4872671, member: 110226"]The hammer struck coins produced by the Spanish mints were essentially silver ingot, in a manner of speaking, with the Spanish arms and other identifying information usually haphazardly imprinted with little or no regard for centering or detail. It is not uncommon to find double and even triple struck pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think these coin compare poorly with ancient Roman and Greek coins, in terms of workmanship of the dies, flans and production, because the primary goal was to produce coinage as quickly as possible for export to Spain and her eastern possession, the Philippines. Some coins struck during the reign of Philip II were produced with great care, but beginning with Philip III the quality generally declined, eventually hitting bottom with Philip IV, when coins, especially those produced at Potosi became very crude, and debased, due to fraud at the mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>The "pillars and waves" design introduced in 1652 created better quality coinage at Potosi. Mexico continued with the older shield design until the introduction of milled coinage in 1732. In terms of quality, the coins from Potosi started to decline during the reigns of Charles II and Philip V. Some improvement did occur under Philip V's later years. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have quite a few cobs that I hope to photograph and post in the future, but I hope this helps answering your question.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4872671, member: 110226"]The hammer struck coins produced by the Spanish mints were essentially silver ingot, in a manner of speaking, with the Spanish arms and other identifying information usually haphazardly imprinted with little or no regard for centering or detail. It is not uncommon to find double and even triple struck pieces. I think these coin compare poorly with ancient Roman and Greek coins, in terms of workmanship of the dies, flans and production, because the primary goal was to produce coinage as quickly as possible for export to Spain and her eastern possession, the Philippines. Some coins struck during the reign of Philip II were produced with great care, but beginning with Philip III the quality generally declined, eventually hitting bottom with Philip IV, when coins, especially those produced at Potosi became very crude, and debased, due to fraud at the mint. The "pillars and waves" design introduced in 1652 created better quality coinage at Potosi. Mexico continued with the older shield design until the introduction of milled coinage in 1732. In terms of quality, the coins from Potosi started to decline during the reigns of Charles II and Philip V. Some improvement did occur under Philip V's later years. I have quite a few cobs that I hope to photograph and post in the future, but I hope this helps answering your question.[/QUOTE]
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