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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 26189159, member: 110226&quot;]I&#039;m pretty sure that your coin is a predated coin, before 1617.&nbsp; It could be an Atocha or Santa Margarita coin, but without documentation (certificate) it is impossible to make a definitive determination.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins salvaged by Mel Fisher from the Atocha and Santa Margarita (both sinking in the same hurricane in 1622) are mostly moderately to heavily corroded and harshly cleaned to the point of being glossy.&nbsp; Over my years of collecting cobs I&#039;ve generally avoided Fisher coins.&nbsp; They are not attractive because of the cleaning and significant corrosion, plus they usually command really high prices, mainly for their certificates.&nbsp; Nicer cobs from Potosi for the same period can be purchased that are not Fisher coins, and the prices are usually much lower, except for rare date/assayer/die variety combinations.&nbsp; Because of the monumental coinage production of Potosi there are a lot of cobs available on an ongoing basis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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