1842 Silver - Mexican 4 reale my oldest silver!

[wayfas4u]

Well I didn't expect to dig this today, but glad it happened! Don't ever see or hear of early Mexican silver dug in a south Georgia plowed field! Bonus, arrowhead found nearby also!

 

[Ogre1190]

Great job! 🙌 That's a beauty!!!

 

[wayfas4u]

Well thank you sir!

 

[Mackaydon]

Zacatecas is the mint city.
don........

 

[against the wind]

A Mexican 50 center.
Congratulations

 

[Jose The Goon]

Nice Find! Great hunk of old silver. The Mexican Easter Bunny left you a beautiful gift. (much nicer than jelly beans) Happy Easter !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[wagbert]

Nice finds altogether, of course the 4 R's is special. A lot fewer 4 R 's were made than 8 R's. I looked it up in my old Krause catalog and there are two varieties listed for 1842 Zs 4 R's. A large letter and small letter types are listed, with the small letter variety being fairly scarce with an old value of $150 in just fine condition given. I'm not going to try to grade your coin, but is a nice example. I don't know which variety you have, but is in a nice state of preservation. Thanks for sharing !

 

[washingtonian]

Dang, nice find!! That is awesome.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[treblehunter]

How cool is that? An eagle standing on a cactus holding a snake. I love your arrow point also, that sir is a great hunt!

 

[GaRebel1861]

Very cool find! Especially one for Southwest Georgia. I can hardly wait to see it in person.

 

[Relicific]

Love them surprise silvers.
Nice going

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Sweet coin!

 

[Aureus]

Great find! Congratulations!

 

[thrifty76now]

A beautiful piece of old Mexican silver.

 

[Scrappy]

That’s a BBW - a Big Beautiful Whopper of a coin. I found an 8r Mexican in Florida but suspect it was a collection drop from where a house once stood.

Beautiful find

 

[JBnNC]

Wow, that's pretty!--JB

 

[A2coins]

Thats a beauty display piece

 

[fyrffytr1]

I really don't like you!

 

[8Reales]

Congrats on that Mexican beauty