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Picked up an extraordinary piece!

joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 16,239 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Hi guys,
Today at a local Coin Show, my eye caught this little gem in History!
It's the
1783 mo El Cazador 1/2 Reale coin.
The Shipwreck Artifact






The Story





Thanks guys

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  • SimonWSimonW Posts: 956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I do like those, congrats! I bought a similar coin not to long ago, there's a huge level of cool-factor attached to shipwrecks! Especially the "shipwreck that changed the world!"

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  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,707 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 25, 2024 2:03PM

    Congrats on your pick-up!

    I'm wondering why the CoA has what seems to be a photoshopped 1783 date on a Carlos IV 8R...


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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,015 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Any idea why the label doesn't note "holed-filled". I like the coin, non the less. Peace Roy

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  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 16,239 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 28, 2024 9:54PM

    @Namvet69 said:
    Any idea why the label doesn't note "holed-filled". I like the coin, non the less. Peace Roy

    Oh? Do you mean this?

    Wow, I didn't notice. Apparently, ANACS, didn't either?
    :*
    Thanks 😊

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,371 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The filled hole must be OK for a grade like "Prime Select", whatever that is.

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  • sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 2,922 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It seems unlikely that a newly minted coin would be holed but that's what it looks like.

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  • SimonWSimonW Posts: 956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It certainly looks like it has been holed, but there are other possibilities.

    Perhaps there was an impurity in the silver mix. In this case maybe it is actually a spot of silver that’s more pure, meaning that perhaps it wouldn’t break down as easily, lending itself to not react as quickly as the rest of the coin. This piece of “impurity” Is big enough that it goes through the whole coin, from front to back. Seems possible.

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