1757 British Silver Coin ID needed

[Masterdan407]

Found this silver coin today at a place I have been digging for a while now. When it first came out of the ground I thought it was a Spanish reale but I can't seem to find any coin similar on the internet. You can see 1757 on the front an on the back I can make out NIARUM * R and with some research I found the British put BRITAN NIARUM on there coins. On the front of the coin with the date I can make out "LIPP" but not much else. Any help would be great.

 

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[Iron Patch]

Spanish 1 Real. (Similar design to this 4 reales)

 

[Carolina Tom]

Iron Patch nails it in 6 minutes!

Not too shabby.

 

[Iron Patch]

Iron Patch nails it in 6 minutes!

Not too shabby.

Just assume. I only read the post now.

 

[Mackaydon]

You mentioned you see "LIPP" on the coin, that would be part of PHILLIPPUS, not Ferdinand.
And the ARUM R you see is part of HISPANIA RUM (rosette) REX (date).
Don......

 

[Mackaydon]

Neither IP's coin nor Philippus coins (to my knowledge) are dated on both side; another 'yellow flag' for me in the attribution.
While Ferdinand did rule to 1759, Philip's reign ended in 1746.
Don.....

 

[Masterdan407]

I found the coin and it is Philippus V. The 1 reale from this time has NIARUM on the front side and I can make out the three little trees in the middle of the crest and the bars above it on the coin I found. So I guess it is earlier then 1757 like I thought it said on the front. Thanks for all of the help.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the old silver

 

[Relicific]

Nice old silver coin
Congrats

 

[Z.K.]

Nice find!

 

[Fingerlakes119]

I bet your glad I let you borrow my big coil. Wish I was there to see the dig. Dad

 

[Scrappy]

Nice Spanish find. A British silver coin from that era would be exceptional. Cheers

 

[screwynewy]

Cograts on finding an early "mystery" silver. Something about that date just looks off almost like it was scratched onto the coin. I'm not suggesting that you did it but that is just what it looks like in the picture.

 

[Stef45]

Hey Dan great find and nice ID. Huge congrats! LOVE me some old silver!

 

[cgdigger]

Weird that Thomas Jefferson appears on a Spanish coin.

Oh, wait . . . .

 

[Patriot Relics]

Love those old Spanish silvers

 

[Masterdan407]

Thanks for all of the reply's from everyone. This is my third 1700's coin so far this year (1796 2 Reale, and 1798 Drapped Bust were my others) and it is my oldest coin I have ever dug so I am very happy we could ID it.