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New World Coin Pendant
7431
Regular price $1,275.00 Sale price $995.00 Save $280.00Pendant with 2 Reales silver coin . The frame is made with Sterling Silver accompanied with a certificate of authenticity.
Frame Metal | Sterling Silver |
Coin | 2 Reales 6.29 grams |
Mint | Lima |
Total Height | 1.5" Approximately |
2 Reales Silver coin
This coin is a genuine Spanish cob and as such carries all the mystery associated with coins of the spanish colonial period.
New World Coin Pendant
8631
Regular price $10,610.00 Sale price $8,485.00 Save $2,125.00Pendant with 2 Escudos gold coin . The frame is made with 14 karat yellow gold accompanied with a certificate of authenticity.
Frame Metal | 14 Karat Yellow Gold |
Coin | Gold 2 Escudos 6.5 grams |
Mint | Nuevo Reino |
Total Height | 1.5" Approximately |
2 Escudos Cob
2 Escudo coin was often called a "Pistole".
To make Spanish coinage , bars of gold were roughly cut into planchettes of the correct weight , then hammer struck between crude dies. The term "cob" comes from the Spanish '' cabo de barra" or "end of the bar ", reffereing to these Crudely struck coins. Spain used these coins extensively for trade throughout the world and pirates and privateers often attacked galleons in an effort to capture their valuable cargos bound for Spain.