New Coin Of The Week (16th Cent. Domincan Republic)

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Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 12/03/2008 9:53 pm This is a very interesting type of coin minted in the Dominican Republic between 1516 and 1556. This early 16th century Spanish colonial 4 maravedis was one of the first types of coins ever made by white people in the New World. So what do you guys think? Image: DominicanRepublicSpanishColonial4Maravedis1516-1556obv.jpg 59.72�KB Image: DominicanRepublicSpanishColonial4Maravedis1516-1556rev.jpg 53.71�KB Edited by Archraz 12/08/2008 2:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Amazon99 Pillar of the Community United States 2443 Posts	Posted 12/06/2008 4:18 pm Very cool! Is there a guesstimate of mintage? Did it circulate exclusively in the Dominican only? Report this Post to the Staff
DL20K Pillar of the Community Poland 3201 Posts	Posted 12/06/2008 4:34 pm That's a great piece of history. I wish I had something like that! Report this Post to the Staff
Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 12/07/2008 11:18 am DL20K - Thanks! Yeah, these really are of great historical significance, yet they are really overlooked by collectors. Amazon99- Honestly, I don't have very much information about these. These are listed in the Krause Standard catalog of Spain, Portugal, and the New World that was released in 2003. Other than the little bit of information that listed there, I know little about these. A funny story about my coin is that I bought it from my dealer for $3 since neither he nor I had any idea what it was. He just figured that it was some medieval coin that he wouldn't be able to ID in a million years, so he gave me a good deal. Later I was browsing through my Standard catalog of Spain, Portugal, and the New world, I flipped to a page at random, and I saw a sketch of a very old 16th century coin that I swore looked oddly familiar. Report this Post to the Staff
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