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 Posted 08/02/2012  11:29 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add MelissaCaples to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I came across these coins in a box which belonged to my great grandfather. I have tried to id them, but have had no luck. Any help identifying them would be greatly appreciated.

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 Posted 08/02/2012  2:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Apollo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
First off, to the community.

These two coins are very worn, so identifying them (mostly finding the date) can be very hard. But, I think the first one is a Spanish cob, and I think it could be Philip IV of Spain (so the date is probably around 1650). But I'm not really good at identifying these, so I could be wrong.

The second one seems to be also a cob because of the cross, but because the lack of detail, I can't really find a period (but it could also be Philip IV)

Anyway, you'll probably have to wait for a real Spanish cob expert to come help, but I hope this helped a bit.
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This does help! Thank you so much :)
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 Posted 08/07/2012  9:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Thomcollects to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I never support defacing coins, but since you found them that way you could do cool things with them. I was thinking earrings or charm bracelet fobs. Then you could tell people the story when someone comments on how cool they look!
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