Treasure Coins of the Nuestra Senora de Atocha & The Santa Margarita

2022 Anniversary Edition  By Carol Tedesco Signed by Author! Treasure Coins of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha and the Santa Margarita, Second Edition, provides detailed information about the silver reales “treasure” coins recovered from the 1622 fleet shipwrecks, including what the coins look like when first discovered, how they are cleaned, conserved, and graded, what they were worth in the 17th century, the meaning of the various markings, how to identify a coin’s mint of origin, and the names and periods of office of the assayers who were responsible for guaranteeing coins of legal weight and purity and whose initials were mandated to be stamped on them. This Second Edition significantly expands on the 2010 edition, with added back-stories on the founding of the minting houses, more historic images, and updated, comprehensive assayer information, including source citations. All the mint and assayer information detailed in Treasure Coins of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha & the Santa