need help with a 1757 and 1800 coin, no idea of what country...

pow012000

Could any one let me know what these two coins are and what country, if not USA.... one is 1757 (size od dime) and 1800 (a little smaller than a quarter) thanks you Davi

Baley

Spanish colonial, made in Central and South America, the top one is a one real and I think the bottom one is a half-real, the ancient and foreign forum will no doubt give you a more specific answer, but you might also find out more here, good luck

jhar

Neat coins!!

earlwbollinger

Spanish Colonial, both look to have a Mexico City Mint Mark. The M with the little o over it.
The bottom one has a better mintmark wheras the top one is worn down a lot.
This is off the top of my poor little head so I could be in error though.
Like he stated above they look like 1 real and 1/2 real coins hard to tell though for sure.

These types of coins were actually used a lot as money in the early USA, especially in the southern and western areas.
It's where the phrase "two bits, four bits, eight bits a dollar" comes from.
8 reals = one dollar
1 real = twenty cents
1/2 real = ten cents or a dime (disme)

Conder101

Yes Spanish colonial, both from Mexico.. The 1800 is a 1 reale, the denomination (1R) is next to the mintmark. Th 1757, since it is smaller, is probably a half reale but I don't see the denomination on it.

edsiajb

I have had several of these in different denoms for a number of years. I have really enjoyed having them in my collection. These did circulate in parts of the US.

millennium

Herre is one I found with a mteal detector in southeast Georgia.....Shows some of the details a little better..

Baley

Here are some that I got a while back



there's a 2 real, a 1 real, and a couple of half reals.