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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1076314, member: 15445&quot;]Oldest coin made in the New World?</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m told it is the Carlos y Juana 4-maravedi minted in Santo Domingo dating between 1516 and 1556.&nbsp; This was explained to me by Weiss Collectables at the FUN show last week.&nbsp; Weiss sold me the example which is depicted here.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m told the Spanish rulers at the time was Carlos and his mother was Juana (Johanna).&nbsp; The Juana logo is seen at the center of the coin &amp; the crown is up at the top.&nbsp; The assayer’s mark is to the left of her logo &amp; the 4-maravedi mark is to the right of her logo.&nbsp; I gleaned this information looking at other examples on the Internet.&nbsp; If you can add any more info about this coin please do!</p><p><br /></p><p>Weiss explained that these copper pieces pre-date the silver pieces of Santo Domingo.&nbsp; They were transported to places like Jamaica and Cuba where they often received either an anchor or key counter mark respectively.&nbsp; Some of the rarer pieces could have both the anchor &amp; the key countermarks on them.&nbsp; These countermarked specimens are supposedly rare (&amp; also counterfeited).</p><p><br /></p><p>Santo Domingo was founded by Columbus in 1496.&nbsp; According to Wikipedia, It is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas and it was the first seat of Spanish colonial rule in the New World.&nbsp; Therefore, it makes perfectly good sense that the first coin of the New World would be made there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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