Identity Of The Remains Of A Hammered Silver Coin!

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mapman New Member United Kingdom 35 Posts	Posted 12/01/2011 04:05 am Can anyone help with a tentative Id of this rather sad, heavily clipped, extremely worn coin? Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Jay Kristofferson Valued Member United States 87 Posts	Posted 12/01/2011 1:54 pm Spain, struck in Mexico most likely, silver Cob 8 Reales or fraction thereof. What does it weigh? Report this Post to the Staff
mapman New Member United Kingdom 35 Posts	Posted 12/02/2011 04:02 am Many thanks for that. It weighs 4g and the diameter is about 17mm. What would it's size have been before it got clipped? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16827 Posts	Posted 12/02/2011 07:58 am It didn't get clipped - it's a "cob", originally made to look like that. In other words, the blank was clipped to that shape before the coin was struck. A quick and hasty process which often resulted in coins which are unidentifiable as to date and mintmark. A 1 real coin should weigh about 3.4 grams, a 2 reales would be double that, so your coin is most likely a 1 real. The date's not quite present, partly off-flan at the bottom of your top pic. It would be late 1600s or early 1700s. something like this coin. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
mapman New Member United Kingdom 35 Posts	Posted 12/03/2011 1:36 pm Many thanks Sap for the information. It is much appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff
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