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<p>[QUOTE="BlackBeard_Thatch, post: 3127088, member: 85208"]It's crusted correctly but the weight is off by a lot. Seems you have found yourself a shield type Spanish 8 reales cob minted at Cartagena,Colombia meaning it was minted between 1622-1655 during the rein of Philip IV of Spain(date is covered by incrustation). I'm skeptical due to the weight and that is the only thing that throws me off. I'm guess USVI stands for U.S. Virgin Islands? If so Spanish ships sailed a lot around there to stop at port before going back to Spain, some of islands were even controlled by the Spanish. Most cobs found mostly come from Mexico or Colombia because those were the major new world mints where silver,gold and precious jewels like Emeralds were being mined and shipped back. I would reccemend sending some pictures to Daniel Sedwick and see what he thinks, he is the top expert on cobs.</p><p><a href="https://www.sedwickcoins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sedwickcoins.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sedwickcoins.com/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BlackBeard_Thatch, post: 3127088, member: 85208"]It's crusted correctly but the weight is off by a lot. Seems you have found yourself a shield type Spanish 8 reales cob minted at Cartagena,Colombia meaning it was minted between 1622-1655 during the rein of Philip IV of Spain(date is covered by incrustation). I'm skeptical due to the weight and that is the only thing that throws me off. I'm guess USVI stands for U.S. Virgin Islands? If so Spanish ships sailed a lot around there to stop at port before going back to Spain, some of islands were even controlled by the Spanish. Most cobs found mostly come from Mexico or Colombia because those were the major new world mints where silver,gold and precious jewels like Emeralds were being mined and shipped back. I would reccemend sending some pictures to Daniel Sedwick and see what he thinks, he is the top expert on cobs. [url]https://www.sedwickcoins.com/[/url][/QUOTE]
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