2 Reale from the old fairgrounds

[7creeks]

UPDATE: More finds from the late 1800's fairgrounds

Tried out a 15" WOT Coil at the old fairgrounds I've been hunting. Hunted about an hour and found this sweet 1806 2 Reale 13" deep. Gotta love old silver. This is the oldest coin from this site so far. Everything else is from the 1860s to 1890s.

 

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[jyt2017]

Run that baby hot. You probably are, to find that so deep. What a great find there. Would love to put one in my bucket. hh an gl. -Joe

 

[Erving]

Love old silver indeed!!! What an awesome find. Congrats.

 

[cjon455]

holy crap! lol awesome....

 

[rmbutcher4]

Man that's nice. Congrats!

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

EPIC !!
Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[Mackaydon]

Great find.
Here's a similar one; the mint is Lima, Peru. The assayer's initials are J P. Don.......

 

[NW Digger]

Very nice! At 13" too, had to really work for that one, just a step away from needing a backhoe!

 

[dirtwizard]

nice! 200+ year old silver!

 

[NJdiggergirls]

Soo jealous! Amazing coin!

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

Nice Spanish Silver! Two Reals don't turn up too often, great find.

 

[cntrydncr1]

nice find!! congrats

 

[wheatfinder13]

Wow, amazing find

 

[CRUSADER]

Cool find, but it was probably lost in the same time period as the other finds, just look at the years of wear on it.

 

[Tom Bigbee]

Great find...I'd put it on a sterling chain and wear it.

 

[terpfan]

Cool find, but it was probably lost in the same time period as the other finds, just look at the years of wear on it.

Agreed, Cru, that coin clearly spent some time in circulation! I would think, however, that it was not likely after 1857, as the Coinage Act of 1857 banned the use of foreign coins as legal tender in the states. People were able to turn in their foreign silver to the U.S. Treasury for exchange.

Coinage Act of 1857 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[HighTone]

Thats a AWESOME find right there WTG

 

[7creeks]

If was trying to look up the mint ad assayer but didn't have any luck...Thanks for the information

Great find.
Here's a similar one; the mint is Lima, Peru. The assayer's initials are J P. Don.......

 

[docbars]

Awesome find,congrats.

 

[7creeks]

Agreed, Cru, that coin clearly spent some time in circulation! I would think, however, that it was not likely after 1857, as the Coinage Act of 1857 banned the use of foreign coins as legal tender in the states. People were able to turn in their foreign silver to the U.S. Treasury for exchange.

Coinage Act of 1857 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It was lost from 1880 to 1910. Before 1880 this place was way out in a woods and after 1910 it became pasture field. Foreign coins were still used in the near by town even in the early 1900s.