holy @#$% heart shaped * 8 reale from mexico mint -- saw tuesday night

[ivan salis]

one of our club guys found it ----sweet rare beyond belief----worth big $$$ ---needless to say he got --top coin of the month honors hands down---everyone voted for it---didn't have my camera. would have loved to photograph it , it was still in the uncleaned state (of course) but could be id 'ed---man---what a good strike. ----lots of other great stuff popped up tuesday night ---I was lucky to get 3rd place(1 pt) in the misc class with a huge hunk of amber that has a couple bugs in it---found it on the beach --was digging a iron object (turned out to be a dagger handle --I think cleaning it up now-- it was deep and as I dug the iron I ran across the amber. Ivan

[Bigcypresshunter]

Does it look like this?

[TheDane]

That´s absolutely awesome !

[ivan salis]

somewhat like that big cy

[Bigcypresshunter]

The one I posted is a fantasy piece coming out of Peru. Here is another identified as "a very common cast fake that has been around for decades and is now cropping up on eBay."
http://www.sedwickcoins.com/fake_cobs.htm

[divewrecks]

Nice key fobs....

Stan

[ivan salis]

this one from a shipwreck area on the florida coast * (I know the finder he doesn't do "ebay") --- and the coin was legit and not for sale --

[Bigcypresshunter]

Too bad we cant see a pic. would have like to see it. This link says that fewer than 20 are known too exist. http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item...o=50296&src=pr

[ivan salis]

I knew how rare a thing I was looking at that why I freaked**** the finder is a great treasure hunter one of the best I personally know of.-- in a class all his own.

[divewrecks]

Heart shaped cobs are not that rare. Many cobs were cut into the shape of hearts for wearing as religious devotional jewelry. Cobs were also cut into many other strange shapes. Birds and other animals were popular. One of the coolest I have seen was cut into the shape of a llama.

That being said, there are certain examples of heart shaped cobs that are rare. A heart shaped coin that is the correct weight for its denomination is very rare. Having a full weight leads us to the conclusion that these examples were purposely produced at the mint. To achieve full weight an oversized blank would have been struck and then the artistic shaping was used to bring the coin to the specified weight.

An excellent example was sold at auction last year:

http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item...o=50296&src=pr

Note that the coin was overweight at 14.59 grams. It sold for $27,600.

Ivan, did Bob Spratley find this coin? I know he has found at least one and is in your neck of the woods. Any way you can get a picture and a weight reading?

Stan

[Bigcypresshunter]

same link

[divewrecks]

same link

Thanks BCH, I didn't even realize that. I have lots of pictures of heart shaped cobs in books I own. According to one the practice of producing hearts began mid-1660's and went on for about a century.


Stan

[ivan salis]

yep its bobs -(and he is in a class all his own--- detecting wize) -its doubtful if he will let folks photograph it most likely -- due to the fact someone may misuse the "photographic" image rights or try making knock off copies of it --if its image gets out . --its a real one of a kind find.

[divewrecks]

yep its bobs -(and he is in a class all his own--- detecting wize) -its doubtful if he will let folks photograph it most likely -- due to the fact someone may misuse the "photographic" image rights or try making knock off copies of it --if its image gets out . --its a real one of a kind find.

I would doubt he has those worries. He could "watermark" the photo if he doesn't want free advertising. Personally I think that bit of publicity could raise the coin's value. Regarding copies, there are plenty of other hearts out there to copy. For that matter, once you know the details of the shapes most commonly cut as hearts you could use the details from any single coin as a model - any Potosi coin from the late 1600's to early 1700's (when the practice was prevalent).

Stan