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Help ID 4 Reales Cob

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 Posted 10/19/2016  6:36 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Gasp to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi everyone!
I recently bought a 4 reales cob which come from a shipwreck, but I'm having some trouble to identify it properly.

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There's visible the shape of an "R" that should be the Assayer Mark but unfortunately the mintmark is gone.

Following this guide: http://www.atochatreasurecoins.com/...indesign.htm the Assayer with an R as mark could be :

Felipe Ramirez de Arellano 1646-1647 (Potosi)
or Nicolas de Rojas 1729-1730 (Mexico)

I will really appreciate if you can help me to identify it!

Many thanks,

Gasp.
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 Posted 10/19/2016  7:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@gasp,not my area of expertise, but here is another potentially useful website (Spanish-language) if you'd like to do some more research:

http://www.catalogodemonedas.es/?q=catalogo
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 Posted 10/20/2016  05:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Gasp to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hey @Spence , thank you for the link! definitely a great point of start to find more detailed info.

It's actually visible on the right side of the shield, the value "III" which I guess it mean the King Felipe III (Philip III):
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Looking at the 4 reales minted under Philip III, I find a "model" from 1614 which has been Minted in Potosi and the Assayer mark it's an "R" ( 4 Reales S/F Potosí R: http://www.catalogodemonedas.es/?q=...moneda/13984

I can't find any other model which match the details visible on my coin, so I guess it's done?

For all the experts hwew, Am I missing some bits?

Many thanks again :)

Gasp
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10/20/2016 05:23 am
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