Guatemala cob question

[Iron Patch]

Is Guatemala the only mint that made cobs in this style? In other words if you could not see the mint, or year, could you say for certain if it's a Guatemala coin?

Picture from Google.

 

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[Iron Patch]

I thought this was an easy one! lol

 

[Mackaydon]

IP:
After repeated petitions, Guatemala was finally granted a mint in 1733. The equipment available was cast-offs from the Mexico City mint, so local officials were forced to begin by minting cobs just as Mexico City was transitioning to milled coinage. The coins of 1733-53 are cobs struck using pillar dies; ***Guatemala was the only mint to do this.*** I believe the type you show was struck between the years 1733 and 1746. The total cob period in Guat. was 1733/1753 followed by the pillar milled (1754/1771) then the milled bust (1771/1821).
Don....

 

[Iron Patch]

IP:
After repeated petitions, Guatemala was finally granted a mint in 1733. The equipment available was cast-offs from the Mexico City mint, so local officials were forced to begin by minting cobs just as Mexico City was transitioning to milled coinage. The coins of 1733-53 are cobs struck using pillar dies; ***Guatemala was the only mint to do this.*** I believe the type you show was struck between the years 1733 and 1746. The total cob period in Guat. was 1733/1753 followed by the pillar milled (1754/1771) then the milled bust (1771/1821).
Don....

Thanks Don. That confirms what I suspected because every one I would come across was the pillar type.

 

[Mackaydon]

Guatamalan silver cobs are undervalued, perhaps because so many are in lousy condition. However, if you come into possession of a Guat. 8 escudo, I'll understand if you give up your day job.
Don.......