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Thank you, Errers and Varietys.
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That's a pretty good score, Dearborn. thanks Gary - it was a long tough search for one of these (without breaking the bank at the same time) and Nice Kooks bird coin. |
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Great additions Hondo, GLB and Dearborn.
Cheers Bryan
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Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 |
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Thank you, chafemasterj.  |
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Very nice acquisitions, johnhenry9009.
My American Silver Eagle collection http://goccf.com/t/448125My random silver coin collection http://goccf.com/t/449270My MS-70 silver coin collection https://goccf.com/t/490829My dragon silver coin collection https://goccf.com/t/490859My silver Libertad collection https://goccf.com/t/491087 |
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Marvelous Morgans, johnhenry9009! Kool Kookaburra, GLB! Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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...Not all will necessarily like this cob, but it's crude, double (shield side) - triple (cross side) striking is what makes it a challenge to identify & date these "coins" ... & I enjoy that challenge ... ...I originally bought this because of the transposed lions & castles in the shield ... this is a 'minting error' ... (hard to make out -- flat & smudgy striking... see 2nd pic) ... ...upon receiving, I could determine that the last two date digits were present (1 - 7), for the year 1617... The 1st 2 digits (1 - 6) were obliterated by the over-strike, with the bottom half of the "1" + a full "7" visible in the correct position, cross side (see 3rd pic) ...I had this confirmed by Dan Sedwick, who also gave me an update on the mint's assayer's identification ... ...As it turns out, this cob was struck in 1617, the first year that dates appeared on cobs, at Potosi, under the direction of assayer Juan Sánchez Mexía (previously unidentified), the same assayer for the silver bars recovered on the Atocha wreck ... ...Mexia's initial was obliterated on this cob, as the double-striking of the shield nixed it out, but he is the only assayer listed for 1617 ...his cobs are scarce, & being the first year of dated (Potosi) cobs, along with transposed fields, makes this a great find (for $60 delivered)... ...Ya'll still awake?...lol...    Edited by mrwiskers
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Whoa, what a score, mrwiskers!  Great job with the attribution! Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Posted 03/28/2025 10:05 pm
Uncirculated American Silver Eagles 
