Two days and three good finds. I know the Reale is from Bolivia and made in 1676. I put it next to the Merc for size comparison. The Badge I found on the same day in the yard of a house built in 1924. I found a similar badge on Ebay and found out what it is on Google. I posted three pics of the same two items to try make a clearer picture and tried black and white backgrounds. Two shots of Heads, one of Tails.
Oh, and the Reale is a Pitosi.
Very awesome find. Congrats.
Nice finds. Congrats
very cool finds .....
:shocked03: wow Chris , spectacular coin!! its a 1 reale with the Potosi mint mark and the assayers E mark
Awesome score on the reale :thumbsup02:
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Fantastic old reale. Not many coins from the 1600's are found, :congrats:on a great find.
Wow! Quite the find !
Welcome to the 1600's club :clapping: Nice looking silver :drool: The badge is kind of neat too. Don't see a place on it where a pin might attach, so I guess you just pull it out of your pocket when you want to pull somebody over :lol:
thats my mate right there !!!! lol.
congrats mate on the 1600s spanish silver , im glad i was there to see you dig it up after 338 years......wow what a find and it looks great on the banner.
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The pin on the badge did not survive the ground. The Reale, I found out, is called a "cobb" Any more information is appreciated. Thank you for the input so far. So far it has been one cobb a year. Not very pretty but historical so that makes it fun for sure.
Not pretty? Sounds like you are less than ecstatic. I'd be happy to get something that old.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kris
Wow, congrats on a great find, WTG
oh hes happy alright, kris is a camera man for channel 3 so he is very reserved and sensable unlike the bloke he detects with......me :cheesysmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by MangoAve
Welcome to the 1600's club! Awesome Finds!
Awesome coin, I too would be nuts over finding a coin that old!
Great finds, and 268 years apart on those two silvers. Now that's quite the range.
BTV Digger
AWESOME reale i sure hope to find one one day congrats on the great find.