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Silver Coin #51 is a..... Mexican 1 Real!

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I can hardly believe it. When I saw that eagle on the reverse, I thought I had one of those Seated 20 cent-ers I saw someone post recently. I knew it wasn't a quarter, the size wasn't right. Turns out it's a 1867 Mexican 1 Real. It was deep under a root. Not only does finding the coin seem like a small miracle, the real miracle is that I didn't ding it uncarefuly digging it out from under the root. I don't know much about this coin. If anyone has any history on it, I'd appreciate it. Wonder if they were traded a lot in the early days of Utah statehood?

Also found a toe tap and an old clay marble. Looks like I need to go spend some more time at this site. A couple wheat pennies and 3 bucks in clad rounded out the hunt.
Thanks for looking.
 

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Amazing find! That eagle kind of looks like the one on the Flowing Hair silver coins of the late 1700's.

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Super find Tyler. Mexican Silver is about their only coins that held value and not a common dig. Hugh congrats on a rare recovery. I'm sure not common in Utah at all. Trapper
 
Awesome digging, and congrats on old foreign silver! Beautiful and unique! If only that coin could talk - it’d be fascinating to learn how it got there! The “toe tap” is actually from the other end of the boot, a heel plate - that’s a cool find too. Could well be mid- to late-1800s also! Here’s one that looks a lot like yours which is called Civil War Era:

Civil War Brass Boot Plate

Definitely hit that area some more!!
 
AirmetTango said:
Awesome digging, and congrats on old foreign silver! Beautiful and unique! If only that coin could talk - it’d be fascinating to learn how it got there! The “toe tap” is actually from the other end of the boot, a heel plate - that’s a cool find too. Could well be mid- to late-1800s also! Here’s one that looks a lot like yours which is called Civil War Era:

Civil War Brass Boot Plate

Definitely hit that area some more!!
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That's right! A heel plate. Of course. It may be just as old as that silver coin. I appreciate the link and the additional information.
 
Congrats on the finds. Definitely an area to hunt again.

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Sweet silver save Stiffy ! The heel plate is an awesome find as well. Looks to be a great hunt and worthy of a few more trips back there. Good luck Mark
 
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