450-Year-Old Spanish Treasure! For only $15.00!!

[UnderMiner]

Made a great score today! The seller called it a "broken old silver coin from Mexico". She wanted $15 for it, I bought it without even haggling. Brought it home and did some research. The coin turned out to be a Potosi, Bolivia 2 Real hammered Cob from the reign of King Philip II of Spain! Only produced from 1574 - 1598! To put that into perspective Spain was at war with the Inca Empire from ‎1532–1572 and the mint at Potosi was first established in 1574. In other words this coin was most definitely made from silver mined by the newly enslaved Inca after the Spanish defeated them in the war! I glued the two halves of the coin back together with some Elmer's glue and now I'm really happy. I bet someone with a metal detector found this in a field long ago - and maybe the coin had been split in two by a plow or something.

 

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[Bquamb]

Holy 15$

Jelly!

 

[bill from lachine]

Pretty hard to loose at $15. price.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[patiodadio]

Wow !!!! Congrats on a dream find !

 

[captain flintlock]

I collect Spanish silver and that's a great buy! ☠

 

[Army of 1]

Great score buddy , congrats .. cheers Mick

 

[villagenut]

Some guys swing a detector for dedcades in hopes of digging one...and you come along and "dig" this one without even breakin a sweat. Good for you, Nice find

 

[H-2 CHARLIE]

Nice save just sitting there waiting for a MD dude to save it .

 

[JimDon]

Very cool. I'd get a bezel made and where it as a pendant.

 

[scruggs]

NOW THATS A "REAL" FIND!!! WHAT A GO!!!

 

[kingskid1611]

I will give you $20.

 

[UnderMiner]

I will give you $20.

I think I'll keep it

 

[bartholomewroberts]

Fantastic find.. I would have been all over that