Interesting posts by Eric

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I represented of the divers and this was my fee! King Phillip IV, 1690 with counter stamp, Potosi mint, Bolivia,The counter stamp was added when King Phillip discovered some were less weight and executed his assayer. They had to be correct weight and those the passed were restruck was this counter stamp in the middle of the reverse. The little round circle in the middle. It was rare to find one with a crack pass inspection. The only one I'v seen that made it by the inspectors with a large crack. The Spanish were perfectionist!