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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jacoby Lowney, post: 2447174, member: 79688&quot;]My father gave me this coin and said that he lost the Certificate that came with it many years ago. He stated that the coin was from a sunken Spanish Ship from the southern tip of Africa. (This was his best recollection but may have been inaccurate). He purchased the coin sometime in the 1990s. I found some information online of a coin very similar dated a year earlier. The coin I found gave the following description:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Silver ducatone of Philip IV, Antwerp (Belgium), 1636.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b></p><p><b>Draped bust of Philip II to r.: PHIL. IIII. D.G. HISP. ET. INDIAR[. REX]. 16 -- 36</b></p><p><b>Reverse:</b></p><p><b>Crowned and supported arms.: [A]RCHID. AVST. DV -- X. BVRG. BRAB. Zc</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I am assuming that my coin is also from Antwerp? IS there anyone who can shed some light on this for me? Do you know if a coin can be traced to a particular sunken ship based on its age or type? I hate not having the provenance on the coin! Furthermore, What does all these words mean on the coin? Please help? Is the coin valuable? What would be the coins condition? I am not a coin collector or expert. [ATTACH=full]511075[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]511076[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]511075[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]511076[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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