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PersianGuy New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 03/18/2009 5:57 pm Has anyone purchased one of these from the add in National Geographic? If so do you have a scan? I was wondering how badly worn they typically are. At least they are genuine, I'll buy one for that alone. Thanks! Edited by PersianGuy 03/18/2009 5:58 pm Report this Post to the Staff

jfransch Pillar of the Community United States 1801 Posts	Posted 03/19/2009 01:12 am I would pass if I were you unless you are buying it for the connection to the El Cazador shipwreck http://www.elcazador.com/ These coins for sale in Nat Geo all look like the low end rejects from the wreck. For the record they have been trying to sell the Cazador coins for at least 15 years. Most of them are in horrible condition. If you want to buy a nice "Spanish Milled Dollar", go to a reputable dealer or a medium sized coin show and look for one. Half the fun is the hunt. Check out the "World Coins and Commemoratives" forum on this site and there are lots of collectors to talk with and lots of posted pictures to view. One member just posted pictures of a nice one he just acquired for $20, much nicer than the ones you are looking at in the magazine. Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 03/19/2009 01:46 am to CCF Report this Post to the Staff
Prethen Pillar of the Community United States 3233 Posts	Posted 03/20/2009 2:16 pm Here's mine... Report this Post to the Staff
jfransch Pillar of the Community United States 1801 Posts	Posted 03/21/2009 11:36 am Nice pillar Prethen, that's a keeper for sure, The coins PersianGuy is referring to are all 1783 Portrait dollars, most of which are so heavily corroded you can't make out any of the fine detail. IMHO he is better off holding out for a nice pillar like yours or a nice portrait dollars like the ones on this forum topic: 8 Reales Carlos III Portrait Dollars posted 12/7/08 Report this Post to the Staff
manila galleon trade Pillar of the Community Spain 1361 Posts	Posted 03/21/2009 12:00 pm nice coin The El Cazador will only give you a nice presentation package but not the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 03/23/2009 3:32 pm Sometimes the condition of the coin is not as important as it's history. But don't pay crazy money for a bad coin just because it has a good history behind it. The El Cazador may have a good history to it, but there are hundreds of thousands of coins from it. So don't get carried away. Report this Post to the Staff
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