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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 1665550, member: 19250&quot;]What you have there is a Jerussalem cross 1622-1722 Mexico &amp; Late Lima &amp; Potosi mints</p><p>The Jerusalem cross or Potent Cross with the perpendicular arms was used by the Potosi mint from 1652-1772 and Lima mint from 1684-1751 These coins are very similar but can be distinguished by their mint marks of &quot;L&quot; &amp; &quot;R&quot; respectively.</p><p>The later cob coins were made from odd shapped coin blanks or flans that were mass produced with little care to make them round. Much of the designs legend and date are missing from these macuguino coins.The quality of the coins produced in the Potosi mint became so poor that Charles II ordered all the coins recalled in 1650. Coins from the Potosi mint were issued again in 1652, struck with the new Pillar and wave design.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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