Smallest coins I ever found..circa 1700's

[goldnow]

After yesterday's Roman coin find, I got my blood running and went a little higher on the mountain.

2 man hours and 4 dog hours secured these two little gems from around 1720's, Carlo VI, Italy/Spain, copper. The last two pics show what they are supposed to look like, but I have a funny feeling the crud on mine is holding the design and if I remove it, it will perform a vanishing act.

Oh, also found my first pop top in the middle of a forest. They sure sound good before you dig 'em.

[jeff of pa]

cool finds

[goldnow]

cool finds

Thanks, I think the one on the left is a different style, now that I see it blown up in the picture.

[yo6oej]

congrats,cool finds

[Mackaydon]

Here's another one similar to yours (on the right) and noted as a "QUATTRINO-- KING CHARLES II OF SPAIN 1676-1700 MILAN"

Source: http://cgi.ebay.it/QUATTRINO-CARLO-I...item5636741846

[texjim]

nice job..

[rjw4law]

I have never found any of those in Missouri.

[goldnow]

Here's another one similar to yours (on the right) and noted as a "QUATTRINO-- KING CHARLES II OF SPAIN 1676-1700 MILAN"

Source: http://cgi.ebay.it/QUATTRINO-CARLO-I...item5636741846

Thanks for the link Don,..... This soil I'm on, is very unforgiving to copper items.
I lost the first out of my hand when going through the dirt from the hole in the deep leaves, and at first, cussed out my Vaquero for beeping these little pieces of iron, but recalled my confidence in my machine and said my dogs, "She wouldn't do that at the disc level I set it at.", so took another look at the find and with my far-sighted vision, I just made out some detail. The second one was a no brainer.

I onced to live in a town named Mackay in Australia. Any relation?

[Mackaydon]

I'd guess somewhere that Mackay is related. We came to Canada from Scotland in the 1830s. 'Your' Mackay (John) was born in Scotland and came to New South Wales in about 1860. The Mackay's were all forced off (burned out of) our leased lands in favor of the landowners opting to raise sheep instead of maintaining an agrarian society.

[WhiteHunter]

Very nice,well done

[CRUSADER]

wait until you get a Roman minum

[Iron Patch]

Cool. I've had a few of those. (Not finds) The size and shape remind me of Rose Farthings.

[CRUSADER]

Cool. I've had a few of those. (Not finds) The size and shape remind me of Rose Farthings.

yeap, but these look slightly thicker

[Iron Patch]

Cool. I've had a few of those. (Not finds) The size and shape remind me of Rose Farthings.

yeap, but these look slightly thicker

Just add a little UK corrosion.

[Rusted_Iron]

Very nice finds!

Yeah, once you learn the Vaquero you can be fairly sure when you have a good target.

[Old River]

Congrat on the finds. Very nice. HH.......

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Very nice finds

[Mackaydon]

Here's another pic of a MILANO, CARLO III (1703-1725) , "QUATTRINO" that defines more clearly aspects of your coin on the right.
http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:...=clnk&ie=UTF-8

[Mackaydon]

I found this fact interesting:
Despite the name is clearly derived from quattro ("four"), suggesting the quarter of a unit, in the Roman system this was the fifth part of a baiocco, thus it represented the smallest coin, made of copper.
150 quattrini = 30 baiocchi = 3 giuli = 1 testone
Don.....

[goldnow]

I found this fact interesting:
Despite the name is clearly derived from quattro ("four"), suggesting the quarter of a unit, in the Roman system this was the fifth part of a baiocco, thus it represented the smallest coin, made of copper.
150 quattrini = 30 baiocchi = 3 giuli = 1 testone
Don.....

Thanks for the info. I can hardly deal with my Roman wife's peculiarities, so after hours of researching Roman coins on the internet with no inkling of grasping the immense category, I may give up pizza and pasta for life.

I updated the Roman coin post with an interesting hopeful find near the coin hole.