I got my pre 1857 U.S. leagal tender escudos in the Mail!!!😂😂😂

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• Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 4, 2019 3:33PM

  Cool coin, cool year. I've got one quite similar dated 1787, also a cool year for these little guys.

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• BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 4, 2019 3:34PM

  @Baley said:
  Cool coin, cool year. I've got one quite similar dated 1787, also a cool year for these little guys.

  1787 would be a different king, fwiw.

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• Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 4, 2019 3:39PM

  Hmmm, might have the date wrong then. 1789? 1797? Will check, it's been years since i looked at it. Might be confusing it with a shilling that's dated 1787.

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• SilverProofQuarter1883 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 4, 2019 8:17PM

  @Baley, I tell everyone who I show the coin to that the red stain/ toning on the back is pirates blood. 😂😂😂😂😂

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• JimTyler Posts: 3,771 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 4, 2019 8:35PM

  I've got three hats. Nice coin

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• SilverProofQuarter1883 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 4, 2019 9:23PM edited January 4, 2019 9:39PM

  @Baley @JimTyler, Turns out my coin is the finest PCGS Graded 1792 escudos 😂😂😂

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• Paradisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 4, 2019 9:34PM

  Exquisite! I love the beaded looking rim Congrats!

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• Colonialcoin Posts: 746 ✭✭✭✭

  January 4, 2019 9:36PM

  @markelman1125 said:
  @Baley @JimTyler, Turns out my coin is the finest 1792 escudos 😂😂😂

  Careful with that thinking. There is so much early gold in Europe that has not been slabbed.

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• SilverProofQuarter1883 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 4, 2019 9:39PM

  @Colonialcoin thanks for pointing that out I was about to add (by PCGS) 👍 Good Eye

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• BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 4, 2019 9:51PM

  @Colonialcoin said:

  @markelman1125 said:
  @Baley @JimTyler, Turns out my coin is the finest 1792 escudos 😂😂😂

  Careful with that thinking. There is so much early gold in Europe that has not been slabbed.

  Absolutely true. Very very few of these coins have been run by any TPG.

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• Coinscratch Posts: 9,926 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 4, 2019 9:54PM

  @markelman1125 ..That coin is wicked cool especially with the original blood. The imagination runs wild with the history she holds. Nice Score.

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• SilverProofQuarter1883 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 4, 2019 9:57PM

  @CoinscratchFever I love this coin; it is so cool even my dad who doesn’t realy care for coins thinks it’s cool 😎!!!!

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• Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 4, 2019 10:27PM

  Ok now I'm going to have to go to the bank and have another look at that little coin I'd forgotten about..

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• Coinscratch Posts: 9,926 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 4, 2019 10:45PM

  @markelman1125 said:
  @CoinscratchFever I love this coin; it is so cool even my dad who doesn’t realy care for coins thinks it’s cool 😎!!!!

  I can see that. And because its one of those coins, mystic, age, whatever, or all the above. When you look into it you begin to wonder who held it and when and what happened. Unlike the modern stuff or even early 1900's which is cool also but, none like this. This comes from a time we can only imagine. Again, nice score.

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• SilverProofQuarter1883 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 5, 2019 9:25AM

  @CoinscratchFever maybe a pirate held this coin or the king of Spain, who knows 😊

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• RogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 5, 2019 10:49AM

  Can anyone recall the predominant foreign gold coins circulating in the US before 1857? Maybe some photos of them would be nice, too.

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• CaptHenway Posts: 32,813 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 5, 2019 11:59AM

  @RogerB said:
  Can anyone recall the predominant foreign gold coins circulating in the US before 1857? Maybe some photos of them would be nice, too.

  From personal memory? No.

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• sellitstore Posts: 3,053 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 5, 2019 3:11PM

  Probably depends on the exact period but I'd guess Spanish colonial for most of the years.

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• SilverProofQuarter1883 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 6, 2019 10:16AM

  I don’t think it’s quite Spanish colloidal because it was minted in Madrid but it could simply be circulated in the colonies

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 7, 2019 10:03AM

  Very nice coin... and interesting as well... What does the hung animal at the bottom of the reverse signify?? Cheers, RickO

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• SilverProofQuarter1883 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 7, 2019 2:19PM

  @Richo I think the hung animal is the golden fleas

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• coinsarefun Posts: 21,760 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 10, 2019 9:41AM

  Wow, what a fantastic piece!

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• asheland Posts: 23,784 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 10, 2019 10:25AM

  Great coin! Congrats.

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• Catbert Posts: 7,649 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 10, 2019 12:00PM

  Careful, CRO coins inspire addiction!

  Congrats on a cool piece of gold!

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