Reeded edge cob. LINK TO CATALOG/IMAGE ADDED
Here's my latest purchase, from the recent Baldwin's auction.

It was described as follows:
"Countermarks listed by area of Circulation. Brazil. Mex ico, Mexico City, Philip IV, 8-Reales, mm P (1634-1665), 27.37g, countermarked with crowned “600” (1663), crowned armillary globe (1668), as 600-Reis, the milled edge has been added. Very f ine. From The Alan Harley collection of Countermarked Latin American coins. bought Simmons The milled edge could have been added as an experiment. The technology was well established having been used on the Spanish coins from the early 19th century"
The edge is obviously old, not a modern concoction.
It's easy to imagine the edge being applied (by someone, somewhere) to protect it from clipping. Beyond that, I'm at a loss to say where it was done, or when. And I have no idea if the piece should be considered damaged and nearly worthless, or if it should be considered a great and valuable rarity.
Has anyone here seen anything like this before? Thoughts?

It was described as follows:
"Countermarks listed by area of Circulation. Brazil. Mex ico, Mexico City, Philip IV, 8-Reales, mm P (1634-1665), 27.37g, countermarked with crowned “600” (1663), crowned armillary globe (1668), as 600-Reis, the milled edge has been added. Very f ine. From The Alan Harley collection of Countermarked Latin American coins. bought Simmons The milled edge could have been added as an experiment. The technology was well established having been used on the Spanish coins from the early 19th century"
The edge is obviously old, not a modern concoction.
It's easy to imagine the edge being applied (by someone, somewhere) to protect it from clipping. Beyond that, I'm at a loss to say where it was done, or when. And I have no idea if the piece should be considered damaged and nearly worthless, or if it should be considered a great and valuable rarity.
Has anyone here seen anything like this before? Thoughts?
Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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Sadly, there has been no response yet, so consider this a
By the way, a picture would be nice, if you have one.
please show us a picture , Andy
Anyway, you can see the coin here:
PDF of entire collection (See lot 1860)
Sorry I can't give you a link to the individual lot...
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17th century economics ? , avoiding the usually meltdown of the crude cobs, to transfer them into coins.
Quote : ""The technology was well established having been used on the Spanish coins from the early 19th century""
Baldwin's probably means from the 16th century.
Well done , Andy
Ed. S.
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As I remember it, it's a crude but not horrible "colonial edge". Beyond that, I'll need to wait until it shows up in the mail before I can tell you any more.
BTW, my best guess is that the edge was applied in the Caribbean. But I admit that it's a somewhat wild guess.
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