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Picked up a couple coins at the Gun Show... (Reales - BIG PICS added)
AskRaq
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Five very worn silver coins (one holey*), that were described as "colonial era"....
Got 'em home under real light & 4 of them are Reales... how do you differentiate the denomination by size?
Three are the size of a nickel (1807*, 1780, 1777)
One is the size of an SBA dollar (1774)
I don't own any other ones & have nothing to compare them to... Thanks ~
**Edited to add pics**.... Sorry about the size (using someone elses's camera & laptop - no photo editing software...)
These are the nickel sized ones:
This is the SBA dollar sized one (has gooey gunk on the obverse)
Got 'em home under real light & 4 of them are Reales... how do you differentiate the denomination by size?
Three are the size of a nickel (1807*, 1780, 1777)
One is the size of an SBA dollar (1774)
I don't own any other ones & have nothing to compare them to... Thanks ~
**Edited to add pics**.... Sorry about the size (using someone elses's camera & laptop - no photo editing software...)
These are the nickel sized ones:
This is the SBA dollar sized one (has gooey gunk on the obverse)
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In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
<< <i>Too lazy to search tonight. What is the history on these? i.e. what are Reales and where are they from? >>
From what little looking I've done, I've deduced that they are Spanish coins used in the colonial times in America... and were later replaced by the Mexican Peso??
<< <i>The one with a hole is a 1 Real. Look at 9:00 on the reverse where it says "1 R". The others are more worn. You might be able to make out the denominations better than I can. >>
Hey Jonathon... thanks for pointing that out (I had no idea what to look for... or where) - the larger one has a 2 on it... so at least now I know what I have!
They are spanish coins.
The mintmark is an O nested above an M, and found on the reverse between "Rex" and the denomination.
As far as value, I think these are pretty common...maybe worth a little more than melt (?). Some of the experts at the darkside might have a better idea.
Maybe I misread that?
GrandAm
This is one of the reasons that Spanish coinage like the examples you have are found with regularity by metal detectorists in mid-19th century locations--particularly civil war sites.
--Severian the Lame
Welllllllllll, we got there on Sunday with only 2 hours remaining... (BTW - too bad Coin Shows in the area aren't as popular & busy!!) & I saw ONE Morgan, ONE Peace dollar & the 5 worn out coins that I picked up - that was it! (Had to buy something!!)
http://bit.ly/bxi7py
8 Reales Madness Collection
<< <i>In that condition, not more than 15-20 bucks a piece. >>
Really? I find that quite impressive... they are definitely the oldest coins that I have acquired, although I'll likely only keep one example ~