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| 2-Escudo Found by Grant of the Capitana a Couple Weeks Ago. |
When I first looked at it, I thought it would be a 1714 escudo. After taking another look, I see at least one thing that makes me think I was wrong and that it might actually be a 1715 escudo. There are a number of signs that might help you determine the date.
The following illustration shows the design elements for a 1713 escudo.
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| Design Elements For A 1713 Mexico 8-Escudo Source: 1977 Bowers and Ruddy auction catalog. |
Below is the shield for a 1714 Mexico escudo.
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| Design Elements For A 1714 Mexico 8-Escudo Source: 1977 Bowers and Ruddy auction catalog. |
There are a number of variations on the 1714 design, but they are mostly smaller things such as ornamentation around the denomination indicator. Sometimes GRAT appears where other times the date is displayed. That is another variation.
Below are the design elements for a 1715 escudo. Take a close look at the shield.
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Design Elements For A 1715 Mexico 8-Escudo
Source: 1977 Bowers and Ruddy auction catalog.
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I can't see some of the other elements on the real escudo. That is typical, but my opinion now is that it is a 1715 escudo.
I'm no expert on these things and there might be other things I'm missing, but you might benefit from looking at these designs and realizing that there are a lot of clues to the identity of a cob even when it does not display the date or other information. It might take an expert to identify them all, but it is always interesting to take a good close look at your finds.
If I'm still wrong about the date, I hope you'll let me know.
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Almost anyone can deal fairly well with success. You celebrate, congratulate yourself and feel good about yourself and whatever is going on. Maybe you don't learn as much from your success as you could. Maybe you give yourself a little too much credit and don't acknowledge all the factors that led to success.
Despite the pitfalls of success, it is usually even more difficult to deal with failure - especially a lot of failure. How you react to failure can be extremely important. It is during the difficult times that you can learn a lot about the task and about yourself. As Thomas Edison said, “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” (I don't know if he really said that. They say he did, and it is a good thought anyhow.)
When you're not having success, strive to learn something from it. Make use of the time and the experience.
I recently watched someone having trouble with a job. He was having trouble doing something he had done many times before. He became upset, and ranted and cussed. The more emotional he got, the more mistakes he made. He got stuck in a self-defeating spiral. The more trouble he had, the more upset he got, and the more mistakes he made.
How you react when things aren't going well is very important - maybe more important than how you react to success. Don't get to emotional. Look at the situation analytically and see what you can learn or change.
Thomas Edison also said, “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” There were a couple of 49ers that had no success. They finally gave up and were headed home when one of the discouraged miners shot himself. On that spot a large nugget was discovered by his partner who was digging a hole for the burial. He retired very wealthy. ( I wish I could remember the names of those fellows. Maybe one of you can tell me their names.)
If you are not an eternal optimist, you have one strike against you. You'll have to work harder to keep yourself encouraged and moving ahead. If you are afraid of work, you have another big strike against you. Edison also said, “We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work."
There are other factors, but if you want it bad enough to work hard and stick to it, you have a very good chance of success. Don't give up when things aren't going well, but make it a time to learn and grow.
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Regarding the ring inscription that I asked about yesterday, I received a number of replies, first from Bill A., saying that it referred to a date. All agreed that Dic 22/87 probably was Spanish for Dec. 22, 1987. Thanks to all for the help.
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I enjoyed watching the commissioning of the USS Gerald R. Ford yesterday.
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No big changes in beach conditions to report.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
