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ID Help - 1 Real Potosi?

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Any help with this one is appreciated. Philip II? 3.2 g.


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It looks like the P mintmark on the left, but I cannot make out the assayer initial below the P which is necessary to determine the period. Pretty rough shape, with corrosion and verdigris.
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Yes, Potosi... by style (lions etc.), should be 1630s. Assayer T looks fairly clear through the corrosion patch.
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Awesome. So that would be Juan Jimenez de Tapia,
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Assayer T (Tapia) actually first appears in 1618 and worked into the late 1640s, with several other assayers making appearances in between those dates... but by style (again, lions being the easiest diagnostic), this should be 1630s.
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