Thank you for the great info! btw your 8 real with the Guatemala counterstamp... I don't know for how much you must have gotten it but now a days those are really valuable!!! Great coin and great video.
awesome info, waiting for ya to get back out here to good ole St Augustine and dig some with me, sorry been outta action, broke the right hand digging and still nursing the torn rotator.
Great video and very informative. My brother collects “pirate” coins and I’m trying to purchase some silver Spanish cobs for his birthday present this year. If you could give me any idea of the their current fair market value and the best way to purchase them I would greatly appreciate it
Great video and very informative. My brother collects “pirate” coins and I’m trying to purchase some silver Spanish cobs for his birthday. If you could give me an idea of their current fair market value and they best way to purchase them I would greatly appreciate it
I heard you mention sedwick coins what is your opinion of him as a seller is he reasonable reputable? I am just getting into the hobby and dont want to get ripped off so i dont know where to buy?
There are records from the Mint. Potosi had a furnace reserved specifically for galano mintages. While the records do not say which denominations exactly where struck it does say how much silver was struck, which you can convert into Reales. So the number is the total amount of galanos for that year, not one specific denomination. It also has heart pieces. We know a LOT more about Potosi Galanos than we do say mexico. In fact we have no idea why or how Mexico produced theirs beyond Manuel de Leon (assayer L) who invented the first press to do so. Potosi struck them for tax collectors - mostly to gain favor. They were never struck for the kings of Spain or called "royals".
Decent video sir. But you definitely are driving me nuts. All this "this is horrible", or "clearly very fake" talk.... I have been collecting cobs for a decent amount of time now, and I couldn't tell at all that many you say are fake are fake. So it definitely is a bit condescending when you're all, "oh man, this is so obvious. What a horrible copy!", when it really isn't. In actuality they are great copies that would only be detected by a real expert. Someone such as it seems yourself, that knows what style castle or lion should be on a cob from a certain vintage or mint. Similarly though is how you are talking about that the letters should all be the same and the castles should all be the same etc. From all the research I have found, the dies were carved by hand, not stamped. So, every letter, number, castle, lion, etc WOULD be different. But you are suggesting they used stamps to make up the various parts of the die? Interesting. I am not saying you are wrong; again, you seem very knowledgeable. But that again is not common knowledge. Everything I have read or learned about the process suggests they are carved, not stamped. If you can point me towards a particular article that defends your claim of how the dies are made that would be amazing. Many cob collectors don't know that stuff at all. So, cool info, but in future videos, perhaps tone down the talk of how obvious those fakes are. I certainly would have probably bought most of those thinking they are real. The fakes I have seen are way worse than those. So those ARE in fact quite good fakes, just not to you. But again, good info, thanks for doing these.
Thanks @Saint 8228 I thought I was the only one thinking that. I just recently got a couple of coins myself at auction. Looking at this video has made me think I'm way way over my head. I may have got a a couple of Zonks/fakes. Luckily I didn't spend to much on them. As Pawn stars says I got a GUY thats a expert I'll let him take a look. I sure as hell don't have a clue.
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Thank you for the great info! btw your 8 real with the Guatemala counterstamp... I don't know for how much you must have gotten it but now a days those are really valuable!!! Great coin and great video.
awesome info, waiting for ya to get back out here to good ole St Augustine and dig some with me, sorry been outta action, broke the right hand digging and still nursing the torn rotator.
Great video and very informative. My brother collects “pirate” coins and I’m trying to purchase some silver Spanish cobs for his birthday present this year. If you could give me any idea of the their current fair market value and the best way to purchase them I would greatly appreciate it
Love the videos on fakes!! Keep them coming or let's us know if you get that google folder so we can study items.
Great video and very informative. My brother collects “pirate” coins and I’m trying to purchase some silver Spanish cobs for his birthday. If you could give me an idea of their current fair market value and they best way to purchase them I would greatly appreciate it
Did you get back to that last coin to determine if it was fake? And how did you come to the conclusion, if you did. Thanks!!
Should a cob coin that is rough shape cost 20 bucks and also were cobs made of copper ?
I heard you mention sedwick coins what is your opinion of him as a seller is he reasonable reputable? I am just getting into the hobby and dont want to get ripped off so i dont know where to buy?
Thanks for the info
Can you Share this Data Base Please
Bought one today havent paid yet 4 reales with two cracks 12.43 grams he says any help if can be fake?
could you please help me authenticate a similar piece of eight/ spanish coin that i have? Thank you so much!
Sure. Message me on Instagram (PlusUltraCoins)
How do you find galano mintages
There are records from the Mint. Potosi had a furnace reserved specifically for galano mintages. While the records do not say which denominations exactly where struck it does say how much silver was struck, which you can convert into Reales. So the number is the total amount of galanos for that year, not one specific denomination. It also has heart pieces.
We know a LOT more about Potosi Galanos than we do say mexico. In fact we have no idea why or how Mexico produced theirs beyond Manuel de Leon (assayer L) who invented the first press to do so. Potosi struck them for tax collectors - mostly to gain favor. They were never struck for the kings of Spain or called "royals".
Share you Data Base
Decent video sir. But you definitely are driving me nuts. All this "this is horrible", or "clearly very fake" talk.... I have been collecting cobs for a decent amount of time now, and I couldn't tell at all that many you say are fake are fake. So it definitely is a bit condescending when you're all, "oh man, this is so obvious. What a horrible copy!", when it really isn't. In actuality they are great copies that would only be detected by a real expert. Someone such as it seems yourself, that knows what style castle or lion should be on a cob from a certain vintage or mint.
Similarly though is how you are talking about that the letters should all be the same and the castles should all be the same etc. From all the research I have found, the dies were carved by hand, not stamped. So, every letter, number, castle, lion, etc WOULD be different. But you are suggesting they used stamps to make up the various parts of the die? Interesting. I am not saying you are wrong; again, you seem very knowledgeable. But that again is not common knowledge. Everything I have read or learned about the process suggests they are carved, not stamped. If you can point me towards a particular article that defends your claim of how the dies are made that would be amazing.
Many cob collectors don't know that stuff at all. So, cool info, but in future videos, perhaps tone down the talk of how obvious those fakes are. I certainly would have probably bought most of those thinking they are real. The fakes I have seen are way worse than those. So those ARE in fact quite good fakes, just not to you. But again, good info, thanks for doing these.
Thanks @Saint 8228 I thought I was the only one thinking that.
I just recently got a couple of coins myself at auction. Looking at this video has made me think I'm way way over my head. I may have got a a couple of Zonks/fakes. Luckily I didn't spend to much on them. As Pawn stars says I got a GUY thats a expert I'll let him take a look. I sure as hell don't have a clue.