Blanca

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by dougsmit, Nov 11, 2009.

  1. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    In a very short time of looking for a decent looking blanca of Ferdinand and Isabella I'm starting to think there is something odd about them. I see coins with reasonably well struck centers and weak circling legends and coins with weak centers and legible around. The other example of this sort of thing that comes to mind is the cup shaped Byzantine coins where the curve of the dies needed to be matching to avoid the problem. Were these struck in some special way that explains the observation or am I just not seeing decent coins offered? This does seem to be one of those types too common to be handled by many dealers. How hard is it to find full legend, well struck blanca?

    Example (better balanced than most I've seen but hardly good looking):
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    I would appreciate a link to a site goo for IDing these )preferably in English).
     
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  3. Ardatirion

    Ardatirion Où est mon poisson

    Ugh. I have a reference for Spanish coins. But I can't figure out what the mintmark is on this one.
     
  4. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Is it not T for Toledo?
     
  5. Ardatirion

    Ardatirion Où est mon poisson

    I see it now! T over a cross. Las Monedas Epsanolas desde los Reyes Catalicos al Estado Espanol by Castan and Cayon, 1976 edition. #201.
     
  6. De Orc

    De Orc Well-Known Member

    That is a rather nice example :kewl:
     
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