1600s spanish silver help id

[Juiceboxer]

Hello everyone i found this coin the other day i believe to be king charles II possible 1/2 reale. im not an expert its clearly hammered and extremely small about pull tab size just looking information on when and where it was made and if it is a 1/2 reale. I can't find any other coin that looks like it. Thanks for any info! The cross has lions and castles in opposite corners and the back has CAS. the house was built mid 1600s if that helps

 

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[Diver_Down]

You have it correct. A King Charles II half reale. not enough visible to ascertain the mint location other than eliminating Mexico City.

 

[Juiceboxer]

You have it correct. A King Charles II half reale. not enough visible to ascertain the mint location other than eliminating Mexico City.

awesome thanks! is it rare or have some value

 

[Diver_Down]

awesome thanks! is it rare or have some value

It isn't rare. It has more value to you knowing that you dug it.

 

[cuzcosquirrel]

Probably late 1600's, from Lima. Potosi crosses are much more irregular.

 

[DetecTom]

It’s very nice though. Not every day you come across a king Charles 1/2 reale!

 

[NicaJake]

Probably late 1600's, from Lima. Potosi crosses are much more irregular.

Its Potosi mint. You can see in the first picture the line of dots are not round. They are jellybeans. That's Potosi. A great video on YouTube about identifying Charles II half reales by CaptainMyCaptain. The video is called Differences in 1/2 Real Coins.....

 

[A2coins]

Dang that's a really cool find that's a great reale to display. Well done

 

[islamoradamark]

Great find now go out and find the rest of them

 

[trdking]

ChaChing!!!

 

[ARC]

Its Potosi mint. You can see in the first picture the line of dots are not round. They are jellybeans. That's Potosi. A great video on YouTube about identifying Charles II half reales by CaptainMyCaptain. The video is called Differences in 1/2 Real Coins.....

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[Kravotinec]

Hello everyone i found this coin the other day i believe to be king charles II possible 1/2 reale. im not an expert its clearly hammered and extremely small about pull tab size just looking information on when and where it was made and if it is a 1/2 reale. I can't find any other coin that looks like it. Thanks for any info! The cross has lions and castles in opposite corners and the back has CAS. the house was built mid 1600s if that helps

Have a nice day. For an accurate determination, you need high-quality photos and the weight of the coin. From your photos you can see that this is 1 | 2 real, 170? (they were minted 1700 and 1701), in the cities of Potosi and Lima. Charles 2, Spain. If you take a good photo and give the weight of the coin, then you can more accurately say.

 

[cuzcosquirrel]

He could be right. It's just too hard to tell.

 

[NicaJake]

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Heya, yes I think this is Potosi. In the Charles II half reales, you can see the Lima ones have round dots in the border, and Potosi has kind of jellybean shapes as a monogram border. Juiceboxer has the jellybeans. You can see 3 or 4 of them to the left of the C. Also, if Kravotinec's drawing is traced photo is accurate, you can see the C terminated at the base of the A. Again, that is another Potosi clue. In Lima Charles II halves, the C always drags up to the crossbeam in the A. It's a nice find either way!

 

[lenin]

Hi! I think your cob is a 1/2 Real from Lima. Essayer Francisco Hurtado. He worked in Lima from 1700-1705, and from 1707-1711.
Congratulations on your find and keep going!!!