Dark Tide Research Coin #001 — Potosí 2 Reales Silver Cob, Assayer T Attribution

• Catalogue number: DTR-RC-001
• Denomination: 2 Reales
• Mint: Potosí (attributed)
• Assayer: T — Tapia (working attribution)
• Monarch: Philip III/IV
• Date: c. 1618–1622
• Certification: Raw — self-attributed, disclosed
• Wreck: None — dossier explicitly disclaims wreck provenance
• Papers: Dark Tide research dossier with photo plates

A hand-struck Spanish colonial 2 Reales silver cob from the Potosí Mint, attributed to Assayer T — Juan Ximénez de Tapia, c. 1618–1622. Details Denomination: 2 Reales Mint: Potosí, Viceroyalty of Peru Date Range: c. 1618–1622 Ruler: Philip III / early Philip IV Weight: 6.79 g Diameter: approx. 20.5 mm Historical Background Struck by hand at the legendary Potosí mint high in the Andes, coins like this one were the working silver of Spain's empire — the same coinage family carried aboard the treasure fleets of the early 1600s, including the 1622 Atocha. Research & Shipping Full research dossier available at darktiderelics.com/research/dtr-rc-001. Ships via FedEx, fully insured and signature required.

From the research desk

An Atocha-era Potosí two reales attributed by our own desk to assayer Tapia's first tenure. The dossier separates what is documented fact from what is our working attribution, and it makes no wreck claim, because we cannot support one. The research is the product.