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Luannp New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 09/21/2021 12:15 pm I am not a coin collector. I believe this is a Spanish Colonial coin dated 1534. I purchased it while traveling in Peru about 15 years ago at an Outdoor Market. I dont know much about it so any additional info would be much appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 09/21/2021 1:16 pm Not my area,but to CCF. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 09/21/2021 3:25 pm It looks similar to a cob Bolivian 8 reales, but the legends/dates don't seem to match up. My guess is some sort of reproduction. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 09/22/2021 9:16 pm @luann, since this purports to be a Bolivian cob, I'm going to move your thread over to the world coin subforum. Hopefully a few folks over there can weigh in on this piece. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
thq Pillar of the Community United States 3343 Posts	Posted 09/22/2021 11:02 pm It's a fantasy coin based on a Potosi cob. The pillars and waves design makes sense for 1684, not 1584. And besides that problem, there's another date of 86. Whoever made it wasn't hung up on getting dates right. Here's an example of what might be the model for it: https://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/..._VR_8_reales Beyond that, the lettering is too perfect. Very few cobs are struck so well centered either. The regent appears to be Phillipus II, which is correct for 1584, but Potosi didn't start producing this style of cob until the 1650's. How much does it weigh? "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire Edited by thq 09/22/2021 11:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff
realeswatcher Pillar of the Community United States 1962 Posts	Posted 09/24/2021 04:23 am A useful first-hand account of the source origin of such fantasy imitations or tribute coins... really not meant as "numismatic fakes" attempting to fool collectors, but rather intended as tourist trinkets. Report this Post to the Staff
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