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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bardolph, post: 4584902, member: 96174&quot;]For the record, JB on this 1759 half escudo refers to the two “ensayadores”, (assayers, mint-masters) J for Joseph Tramullas y Ferrer and B for Bernardo Muñoz de Amador.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tramullas worked in the Barcelona mint from 1735 until he was appointed second or junior ensayador&nbsp; in Madrid in 1744 under Antonio de Cardeña, hence AJ on Madrid coins until 1747 when Cardeña died and Tramullas signed alone, J, until May 1747 when he was appointed Ensayador Primero and Bernardo Muñoz was appointed as&nbsp; second ensayador.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two worked together from 1747, marking their initials JB until Muñoz died in January 1759 when Tramullas once again marked with his sole initial until 14th September 1759 when he was promoted to the top post of&nbsp; Ensayador del Reino.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thus there are three separate mint masters marks and four varieties for 1759:</p><p><br /></p><p>JB Joseph Tramullas &amp; Bernardo Muñoz:&nbsp; 95,048 half escudos Fernando VI</p><p><br /></p><p>J Joseph Tramullas: 852,948 half escudos Fernando VI</p><p><br /></p><p>J Joseph Tramullas: 47,002 half escudos Carlos III</p><p><br /></p><p>JP Juan Rodríguez Gutiérrez (1st ensayador) &amp; Pedro Cano (2nd ensayador) : 286318 half escudos Carlos III</p><p><br /></p><p>Source: Casa de Moneda de Madrid, Cantidades Acuñadas y Ensayadores,&nbsp; 1614-1868 by Glenn Stephen Murray Fantom, published 2014 by Amigos de la Casa de la Monea de Segovia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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