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Ferdinand & Isabella Spanish Gold

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 Posted 12/29/2025  8:38 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add zdsdead to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi I found this Ferdinand and Isabella double excelente metal detecting some years ago. It has reversed "S" and "N"

Searching the internet I have found one other example, Are there any spanish experts who can die match this coin or put an accurate date etc on it for me

Many thanks

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 Posted 01/01/2026  12:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tdziemia to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

First, assuming it's authentic, that's quite a find!
If you found one other example, you did better than me. I could not find another with the S between the monarchs backward.
There is also the mis-spelling ELISABED to keep in mind if looking for an obverse die match. The retrograde N seems to have been pretty common.
I think you need someone with a specialty Spain catalog. And I don't even see the Spanish auction houses trying to date these more narrowly than the regnal years.
Since the font style on this type varies from mostly gothic to fairly modern, I'd expect yours is later rather than earlier (gothic A and M remains whereas the Es and Ns are modern), but I'm not familiar with the scholarship on this.

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Careful with these. The have been much counterfeited. I noticed 2 counterfeits in recent years sold in spanish shops that were supposed to be reputable.

Reversed letters are not suspicious. Can not say anything about this one only from the photos.

Only leaving a warning: do not but just this kind of coin on the reputation of the house selling. Always examine the coins.

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