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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 25615337, member: 110226&quot;]Is it time to move on to 1730?</p><p><br /></p><p>Mexico, 8 reales, Philip V, 1730 F.&nbsp; &quot;Acapulco Hoard&quot;.</p><p>KM 47a</p><p>27.06 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>Back in the early 2010s a large hoard of mostly Philip V cobs were discovered inside a wall of a building in Acapulco that was being demolished.&nbsp; Most show little or no wear, along with the usual range of strike quality.&nbsp; It is no surprise that such a hoard would be found in Acapulco.&nbsp; That port was the main one for the departure and arrival of Spanish ships trading in the Philippines.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m pretty certain the the final numeral, which is rather weak, of the date is a&quot;0&quot;. Also the assayer, F, seems to have been re-engraved over another initial, perhaps a G or another F.</p><p><br /></p><p>The squarish flan is very typical for this period of late cob production at the Mexico City mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1639242[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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