Greetings and introduction

Brody

Hello forum members. I'm new to this board and I have a couple of questions. I'm a collector of Spanish cobs, ancient coins (mainly biblical prutah), and I'm starting to collect buffalo nickels. My questions is, I have a some Spanish cobs I have been considering getting "slabbed". Does PCGS slab foreign coins? Some of these coins are sea salvaged, and have been cleaned. If PCGS does slab foreign coins, will this prevent them from being slabbed. Thanks!

goldrush00013

I don't think PCGS will slab a cleaned coin. I personally have not submitted any coins for slabbing,but from what I've read on the forum your coins will be body bagged.


Oh, welcome to the boards!!!

Brody

Thanks Goldrush. That is a beautiful point in your signature line. What type of flint is that, and, is it an original piece or modern?

goldrush00013

That is Flint Ridge Flint from Ohio,the Dovetail is real and well known in the archeology world.Some say it is one of the finest flintworks known.

cosmicdebris

Welcome aboard.

tonyhar

Welcome.

lordmarcovan

Not sure about PCGS slabbing cobs, be they sea-salvaged or otherwise. I think they do.

We had a troll here last week who posted a picture of an 8-escudo cob in a PCGS holder.

Brody

Lucky troll to have an 8 escudo. Many, many fake escudos are on the market. I'm not sure I would even trust one that was slabbed. Goldrush, are you the owner of that point? I own a Clovis point made out of Alibates flint. My grandfather found it as a child in the 1920's.

lordmarcovan

First projectile point I ever found (while digging a detector signal) was made out of white quartz- it appears to be Paleo.

Here's the thread from that troll, who posted some pretty coins but apparently didn't know much about them. (Note his reference to a "French" thaler.) We later edited out all of our posts on that that thread when he got totally obnoxious. He still enjoyed boasting to himself.

That was a pretty cob, though. And he claimed it was sea-salvaged, but, well... he was a moron.

Brody

Thanks for the link. That is a beautiful escudo. I hope to own one someday, preferably from the 1715 fleet wrecks, which, if that 8 escudo is indeed a sea salvaged coin, would most likely be from one of them.

boiler78

Welcome Brody

Rob- Isn't that cob from the wreck of the Leonardo Garcia???

earlwbollinger

Welcome aboard.
Gold doesn't normally corrode in sea water, so it could very likely be from a wreck.
But that 8 Escudo coin could actually have been one that never got used and has
been saved all these years by someone.

cladking

Welcome aboard.

AuldFartte

Enjoy!!!

Askari

Welcome to the Forum, Brody!!

canadiancoinguy

Welcome!

GDJMSP

Howdy Brody -

Your best bet with the cobs - PCGS does slab them if they are not harshly cleaned - may be ANACS. They will slab them regardless and note it on the slab.

Do you just collect cobs or do you collect any of the hammered Spanish colonial - or perhaps milled ?

coinnerd

They may slab them if they are close to being round. but it would be hard to slab one like this.


welcome to the boards.

lordmarcovan

Here's a cob-style copper I dug here. Prior to finding it, I didn't realize there were copper "cobs", if one can call it that.



Newspaper clipping

Slightly more readable version of the article online

1jester

Welcome to the Darkside, Brody! While I don't have anything constructive to add to your queries, I do know that there are plenty of very informed and outgoing people here, many of which can help you in your chosen field, such as GDJMSP, Coinnerd, and Civitas, among others.

Happy Collecting!

theboz11

Welcome to the forum