1816 Half Reale

[dirt doctor]

Tonight I found my oldest coin ever an 1816 One Half Reale . At a location I and others have hunted to death for years . It was in a spot worn away by erosion . It was not much more than an inch deep . I was using an F-75 . One reason it may never have been found is because there is lots of trash there and an underwater metal drainage pipe nearby .
H H ,
George

 

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[Iron Patch]

Iron Patch says: If you guys want to push your Real/Reale lecture you'll be doing a lot of correcting.. including me! I always use reale (for 1/2 real & 1 real) as do most others.

LOL, if your bud Romeo can say it correctly that you can.

Besides it is one less letter to type

But wouldn't a half real always be counterfeit?

Actually Iron Patch , half real would be counterfit but the other half would be real ,so in reality I would end up with a 1/4 Real . Being that the remaining 1/4 Real is not cut into quartered pieces this is a coin that doesn't exist so therefore I have an unreal Real that doesn't exist . Then there's the question of is it Real or Reale , this is becoming all to unreal to me . Using the term " I think therefore I am " as a premise for existence , the coin is , but does not think , so it exist's only in my imagination and therefore does not have it's own reality . Thank you for a thought provoking concept . Thanks also to all who have and will be participating on this thread . I took your advice and put it on the Cob Forum .

H H to all ,
George

ahhh... but a 1/4 real does exist.

 

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[Colonial Copper Zeus]

That looks very crude. Possibly a great counterfeit!

Comments?

I was thinking the same thing. It doesn't take away the importance of the find though.
Chris

 

[dirt doctor]

That looks very crude. Possibly a great counterfeit!

Comments?

I was thinking the same thing. It doesn't take away the importance of the find though.
Chris

It indeed seems to be crude . Here's a couple of bigger pictures to bring out more of the detail . I took Iron Patch's advice and posted it in the Cobs section of the forum and am getting quite a bit of help there . Thank you Iron Patch we are having a lot of fun with it over there and may even figure this mystery out .
H H ,
George

 

[Detectingfreak]

God thats sure a beauty! Congratulations dude! Has some really nice detail to it also!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Congrats Dirtdoctor.That coin is on my list, too