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Old 01-14-2012, 09:24 AM
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Default My oldest silver coin yet! ... I think?

Hey everyone! Thought I'd show you my goodies from the last two days short hunts. I don't know what the little brass piece in the bottom/middle of the group shot is, so any opinions are welcome.

The coin was found by itself along a section of 200 year old road. It's just shy of 19mm, so that would make it draped, capped, or foreign. I wish there was ANY detail left to make an ID... but I'll still take it!

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Old 01-14-2012, 10:47 AM
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Congratulation.... I think. LOL
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Old 01-14-2012, 11:48 AM
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Nice find! Its a shame that you can't get anything off the coin to ID it. Based on the size its safe to assume that it is a very old silver coin. Congrats!

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Old 01-14-2012, 12:27 PM
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Wow!
Now thats an old coin. To bad there are no markings.
Congrats on your find!

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It's probably a Spanish Reale, they are paper thin. I found one last fall about as worn as yours except for 3 letters. Nice finds.

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Congrats on a nice oldie
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Old 01-14-2012, 05:47 PM
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Yea, it's thin like a three cent. I think you're probably right, a 1 real.

Thanks for the comments everyone!

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welp after taking your picture printing it out and doing a compairison to the one i have you have 1700s spanish real there you do have 2 slight line id marks on the coin and if it comes up in the 18.50 to 18.90 range is the same size an same marks which would make it a 1700s spanish pillar 1 reale congrats

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