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1650's Philip IV Spanish Cob (1/2 REALE)
I also posted this on the Spanish Cobs forum, and they believe it to be 165?, Philip IV and definitely a Mexico City mint, assayer "P"
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yesterday's next to the 1699 from May
I'm still on cloud 9 about this coin.. I was out today with not too many options as Josh and I have hit a lot of our sites pretty hard. I decided to head to a site which borders the property where the 17th century posy ring came from back in May. Josh and I had been over it once before with very minimal luck.. Today the signals seemed to be hitting better than the first time we stopped.
The first hour or so yielded some bullets and buttons---
1830's 2-piece Eagle A w/ a great green patina
Civil War Navy kepi button (iron back)
3-ringer still in the dirt clod
The next hour yielded a couple more bullets and another button--
1820's one-piece Navy
.69 caliber 3-ringer & Richmond Lab sharp's
and then came the early buckle and coin on the last line of the day.. This area was settled just a few years after Jamestown and also had a Civil War campsite a couple hundred years later, so it's not uncommon at all to turn up the 1600's stuff.. I'm not sure if I'll get a date on this coin, but fingers are crossed.
1/2 reale cob (dirty)
I also posted this on the Spanish Cobs forum, and they believe it to be 165?, Philip IV and definitely a Mexico City mint, assayer "P"
New Close-ups
yesterday's next to the 1699 from May
I'm still on cloud 9 about this coin.. I was out today with not too many options as Josh and I have hit a lot of our sites pretty hard. I decided to head to a site which borders the property where the 17th century posy ring came from back in May. Josh and I had been over it once before with very minimal luck.. Today the signals seemed to be hitting better than the first time we stopped.
The first hour or so yielded some bullets and buttons---
1830's 2-piece Eagle A w/ a great green patina
Civil War Navy kepi button (iron back)
3-ringer still in the dirt clod
The next hour yielded a couple more bullets and another button--
1820's one-piece Navy
.69 caliber 3-ringer & Richmond Lab sharp's
and then came the early buckle and coin on the last line of the day.. This area was settled just a few years after Jamestown and also had a Civil War campsite a couple hundred years later, so it's not uncommon at all to turn up the 1600's stuff.. I'm not sure if I'll get a date on this coin, but fingers are crossed.
1/2 reale cob (dirty)
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