Tom_in_CA
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- Mar 23, 2007
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- Explorer II, Compass 77b, Tesoro shadow X2
This was found by a friend of mine many years back after beach storm erosion. On a Monterey peninsula beach, not far from the 1771 location of Carmel mission. And at a beach noted on even earlier explorer journeys (where they were just exploring/mapping the coast in earlier times).
Not very often a cob gets found in CA . I can think of this one, and have heard of a single other. Our first permanent European toe-hold wasn't till 1769 (and '70-71-ish at the location this was found). And even up till 1800, the entire European non-indian population in the entire state, probably only numbered in the hundreds. I've found many milled reales back to the 1770s. And even a few in the 1750s/60s milled reales. And a copper coin from the 1740s. But never a cob.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the transition from cobs to milled coins was about the 1740s, right ? Depending on the country, the mint, etc... So if you can't specifically ID this, then what is it safe to say could be the *newest* it could date to ?
Disregard the other coins in the pix , for purposes of this question.
Not very often a cob gets found in CA . I can think of this one, and have heard of a single other. Our first permanent European toe-hold wasn't till 1769 (and '70-71-ish at the location this was found). And even up till 1800, the entire European non-indian population in the entire state, probably only numbered in the hundreds. I've found many milled reales back to the 1770s. And even a few in the 1750s/60s milled reales. And a copper coin from the 1740s. But never a cob.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the transition from cobs to milled coins was about the 1740s, right ? Depending on the country, the mint, etc... So if you can't specifically ID this, then what is it safe to say could be the *newest* it could date to ?
Disregard the other coins in the pix , for purposes of this question.
