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1604 Spain Maravedis Cob - Backwards 4?

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Any ideas?
Thanks.
[URL="https://ibb.co/44yr2vt]1604-Spain-Maravedis-Cob---Backwards-4?[/url]
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Wow! Nobody knows.
This could be pretty rare!
Fingers crossed.
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I've seen backwards and upside down 5's on cobs before. It might be valuable but it's not surprising.
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Thanks ;)
I wonder how it happened though. I cannot imagine it being intentional.
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Reversal is easy. Die cutters are working in reverse -- they can just forget to reverse the illustration. And not all die cutters could read and write so it was just a design to them.
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