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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 26187575, member: 110226&quot;]Judging from the photos that coin looks like a typical salvaged coin from Mel Fisher, mostly likely Atocha.&nbsp; The coin incurred major weight loss due to corrosion, and it has be over-cleaned, a common feature of his coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>He used an electrolysis process to remove the layers of coral, sediment and mineral oxides, which can be very thick.&nbsp; This is very effective, but it does leave the coin with a bright &quot;raw&quot; appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>The assayer could be Q.&nbsp; Since it is missing the attribution must have been based on the style of the shield, as well as the lions and castles on the reverse.&nbsp; A careful study looking a the variations of design can be useful with important data are missing, in this case the mint and assayer.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few assayer Q 8 reales cobs, but haven&#039;t photographed them yet - too much a a backlog. I do have an assayer Q cob, probably salvaged or from a land-based hoard, which has a large Q over a smaller Q.&nbsp; At least that&#039;s my interpretation.&nbsp; It could be a C over Q.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you compare the lions and castles of this coin with your coin, you will see that the styles are the same.&nbsp; The shield design of both coins seem very much the same as well.&nbsp; So, assayer Q is a very good informed guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>Viceroy of Peru, Potosi, 8 reales, Philip III, circa 1613.&nbsp; Larger Q over small Q.</p><p>KM 10</p><p>26.52 grams</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1671960[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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