Untangling the Record — A Contemporary Review of Potosí and Lima Mint Coins and Assayer History from the Mint Openings up to 1622

• Authors: Carol Tedesco
• Edition: 2nd ed., Seastory Press
• Subjects: Assayers, Die Study
• Level: Specialist

What it is

A specialist monograph correcting a long-perpetuated misattribution — early Potosí assayers R, M, L, and B were wrongly assigned to the Lima mint — reconstructing the accurate assayer identities and timelines for the Potosí and Lima mints from their openings through 1622, with extensive source citations.

Why it matters

It is the current corrective record for Potosí/Lima assayer attribution up to 1622 — exactly the period the Atocha and Santa Margarita coins fall in. Anyone attributing an early cob by assayer needs this before trusting an older reference.

Who it's for

Specialists and researchers attributing 16th–early-17th-century Potosí or Lima cobs by assayer.