Good day! 3 silver Spanish cobs!!

[perdidogringo]

I had my best day ever yesterday- 3 silver cobs! They look like two clipped 1/2 reales (they weigh 1.3 g and 1.0 g., respectively) and a 1/4 real (weight .7 g). One of the 1/2 reales is in great shape, another in ok shape, and the 1/4 real is rough shape. If anyone can identify the origin and date any of the coins, I'd appreciate it.

 

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[perdidogringo]

The Lions should be 'rampant', so another qrter turn to the right.

Another possibility might be a 'Z' or '2'?

I think you could be correct- maybe it's a "Z" instead of an "N". Interestingly enough, though, according to this site, Spanish Coin Assayer - Mel Fisher's Treasures, there are no mint marks that used Z and only one Assayer who used it, Pedro Zambrano at the Potosi mint from 1647-1649. It is within the Philip IV period but I can't find a match online.

Thus, I'm still thinking that it is a Philip IV 1/2 real cob from Bogota, circa 1621- 1665 but not sure what the significance is of the "Z" or "N" on it.

 

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[A2coins]

Freakin amazing I would be so happy that is priceless Good job!!!! Thanks for sharing

 

[Mackaydon]

Great educational source you referenced i post #39.
Don.....

 

[CRUSADER]

I think you could be correct- maybe it's a "Z" instead of an "N". Interestingly enough, though, according to this site, Spanish Coin Assayer - Mel Fisher's Treasures, there are no mint marks that used Z and only one Assayer who used it, Pedro Zambrano at the Potosi mint from 1647-1649. It is within the Philip IV period but I can't find a match online.

Thus, I'm still thinking that it is a Philip IV 1/2 real cob from Bogota, circa 1621- 1665 but not sure what the significance is of the "Z" or "N" on it.

Pretty sure its a Z, as its on the right orientation.

 

[CoilToTheSoil]

Beauties! Congrats!!!

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[scruggs]

Nice job!

 

[perdidogringo]

1662

Update on the Philip IV 1/2 from Bogota pictured here. It's been dated 1662!

From a source:

Date is 1662 btw. You can see the last two digits of the date on this coin, that is incredible. Left of the cross next to the upper left castle is a very clear 62 with the very bottom of a 6 before the second six. Previously, I thought the "2" was an "N" or "Z"!

 

[perdidogringo]

Another update

An update on the 1/4 real cob pictured here. I was wrong on the cerca 1755 date. It turns out it is a 1652 1/4 real, "cuartillo", Sante Fe (Bogota). Type M14-1 Restrepo.

A similar one from the year 1651 sold for USD $3750 in 2014! Mine is a year later and in better shape! It turns out that Colombian silver cobs are rare and valuable from what a cob expert told me.

https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=679&lot=24477