1820 King Ferdinand VII Half Reale

[West Jersey Detecting]

There is a site that I have been hitting since the summer. I have found buttons there, some Wheaties, a Barber Dime and an 1840 Large Cent. I knew there had to Spanish Silver there because the buttons I was finding were almost all pre 1840's. It was hard to get to because the vegetation was very thick. I would have to wait until Fall. My patience finally paid off when I got a 60 VDI reading at around 6 inches deep. I was thinking it may be another Wheatie, but when I saw the edge sticking out of the dirt I knew it was too thin to be a penny. Needless to say I was happy to see a king looking up at me!





Cleaned it up a bit...

 

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[dwayne sueno]

congrats on the spanish silver.
always a pleasant to see one of those pop up!

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Cool little piece of Silver.

Still waiting on my first Spanish silver, and it doesn't Look like gonna happen this year.

 

[70monte68]

Neil nice silver!!! I'm going out in the morning to the 5 copper sight and hoping to pull a spanish silver. Again nice finds!

 

[joeyfresh]

Nice score!!

 

[jerseyben]

Nice find, Neil!

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice find. That's a late date for the Mexico City mint.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congratulations on finding the 1820 Half Reale Neil!
I'd love to find a silver coin that old some day!
That's one beautiful coin man!

Dave

 

[Damon64]

Nice!

 

[steelheadwill]

Nice Spanish! Congrats

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Nice find. That's a late date for the Mexico City mint.

Mexico began it's own design around 1821 I think.

 

[SouthJerseyJim]

Yep nice mexico city reale Neil!

 

[Bobbcue]

...NICE FIND...

 

[Nana40]

That's an awesome find, Neil! If there's one there...then maybe two....?

Congrats! Nana

 

[pro778]

Great find Neil!

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Great find Neil!

Thanks! It seems like sometimes you don't find silver for months, yet other times you can't walk out your front door without it at your feet!

 

[AGBlex]

awesome old find man great job

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Is this another odd variety? Maybe someone with the Krause Word Coin Catalog can help. I noticed the "V" has a strange punch. Maybe a repunched V or just a die fracture? Can anyone help with the ID?

 

[Lanny in AB]

Wow!

All the best,

Lanny

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

thought ya gave up on dirt fishing after all the beach stuff i seen ya posting on FB
nice silver!