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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1796702, member: 19463&quot;]On the obverse are the letters ARG PVB indicating the coin was struck from public silver as a special issue (usually for some special project or emergency) rather than being part of the annual regular coinage overseen by the regular moneyers.&nbsp; I am not full up on the various codes for special issues (EX SC is another).&nbsp; As I recall there are also coins marked AP for the same reason.&nbsp; I don&#039;t believe there is a lot in the way of surviving records explaining how the mint worked or accounted for the precious metals used so a lot of what we &#039;know&#039; is reverse engineered from evidence I do know understand fully.&nbsp;&nbsp; The D under the horses is a variable letter (die?,&nbsp; production date?, whatever???).&nbsp; Banti shows the coin with 16 different letters under.&nbsp; Some are lettered above the horses rather than below.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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