New 1st post - need ID help

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Flogroboy

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Hey everyone, my mom is from the keys and grew up with a lot of the salvors down there. We recently bought a small collection and have id'd most but I have one here I need help with. I have searched around and this cob just doesn't jive with what I have read so I'm looking for help. It's a shield cob, potosi but any information you can give me would help. Thanks in advance! image.jpegimage.jpegimage.jpegimage.jpegimage.jpegimage.jpeg
 

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I can't help with id but sounds like your mom and you may have some fantastic stories to tell. That is a beauty. Can we see the whole collection?
 

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I will get pics of the others, some are gorgeous, a couple are still tarnished, have 1 grade 3 atocha, one nice 1715 with coa and the best is a big Phillip 3 potosi that I love
 

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Welcome to the party. I hope you enjoy your stay and I look forward to seeing what you got. Thanks for sharing with us.
 

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Hi; PM AARC or CRUSADER ok. We will hook you up. Sweet stuff. PEACE:RONB
 

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A repro of a Spanish coin, I'm afraid.
 

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Thanks crusader and aarc I was sucspisious of this one but how did you determine it was a repro? I have others I will post I have authenticated and others I need help with. Thanks again
 

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Flogroboy said:
Thanks crusader and aarc I was sucspisious of this one but how did you determine it was a repro? I have others I will post I have authenticated and others I need help with. Thanks again
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Its hard to put in words why its so obivious to me. But I'll explain, I've collected British coins for 31. I've detected & found coins for 29 years. Dad & I find about 50 hammered coins a year, so we know what they look like. We also log about 1000 dug Roman coins a year to the British Museum Standard, Cru'dad is now a specialist in these & I'm a little behind him because I do all other periods other than Roman. With so many British varieties of coins, I don't bother with foriegn ones unless I find one.
So although I can't ID (without researching) Spanish Coins I can see a repro instantly, although there are the odd good ones that I could toss a coin over.
Bearing that in mind, its because it doesn't shows sign of being hammered, in fact the opposite, its cast.

Your other one, I can't ID, but its 100% real.
 

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Wow this is good info! Thanks so much for helping me out. I am going to post a couple more just to show and one to authenticate. You guys are awesome. I love this site!
 

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Here is one from the 1715 fleet with an old Mel Fisher signed COAIMG_5053.JPGIMG_5054.JPGIMG_5055.JPG
 

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Here is an Atocha coin I bought on a chance and it had what I learned to be the original inventory tag and I was able to look it up. I love this one too.IMG_5058.JPGIMG_5059.JPGIMG_5063.JPGIMG_5064.PNG
 

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And this one I am almost certain is authentic but would love to know more about it. Any ideas? Thanks again Crusader!IMG_5060.JPGIMG_5061.JPG
 

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Crusader you are awesome! I have one more that I am 50/50 on so let me know your opinion please. If you were here in Florida we would buy you dinner for helping us out. Here it isimage.jpegimage.jpeg
 

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