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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8251346, member: 110226&quot;]The coinage of Potosi, Bolivia, in the 1620&#039;s can be characterized as crude, very crude.&nbsp; Flans were poor prepared, often with silver of questionable fineness, very poorly engraved dies, rife with misspellings, transposed lions and castles, retrograde letters, and sloppy, very sloppy strikes.&nbsp; This coin is no exception.</p><p><br /></p><p>Minted in 1626, this cob has all of the characteristics of coinage from this unsettled period at Potosi, with a very crude flan, uneven strike and transposed lions and castles on the reverse.&nbsp; Therefore, it is quite unusual that the coin, for all of its faults, has a clear assayer, (P- Mario Martin de Palencia) and, more importantly, a full, legible date.&nbsp; No guess work is needed here; there it is, on the reverse, running from 9 to 11 o&#039;clock.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was acquired at the Sedwick Treasure Auction of May, 2017, lot 0878.</p><p><br /></p><p>Potosi, 1626</p><p>8 reales</p><p>Philip IV</p><p>Potosi</p><p>Obverse: Spanish Hapsburg shield, crown above, mint and assayer to left, value to right, peripheral legend, mostly illegible.</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; Transposed lions and castles with a central cross, date to the left, peripheral legend.</p><p>About VF</p><p>KM 19A; Paoletti No. 168.</p><p><br /></p><p>26.52 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453781[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Collecting Spanish cobs, both colonial and mainland has been a pursuit of mine for nearly forty years.&nbsp; It is amazing how time flies by, but during that time I have been privileged collect and examine these fascinating coins from sellers ranging from Ponterio and Associates to Freeman Craig.&nbsp; Each is unique, no cookie-cutter coins here.&nbsp; They possess both history and an appeal by the very nature of their crude, hammer struck method of manufacture.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, please post whatever you wish.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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