1851 MEXICO REPUBLICA MEXICAN EIGHT REALES SILVER COIN

[Jmann69]

I started detecting one year ago and my first hunt was at this city park. This park used to have three old houses on it as early as the forties from what I can tell.

Haven't cleaned it up yet. Not sure of the best way to do it. Any suggestions would help. Thanks

 

[christo000]

I myself would try researching where & how the homes were set up where the buggies would pull in If there were any large trees where people would picnic under, use for shade, mayb gardens,& because u had said the 40's might be an old privy out there to, once you have researched how it all was set up I would section it off into 4 squares, then grid each one off 1 way then go another. Perhaps even do it in layers sort of peeling back the years ya know get rid of the trash on top 2-4" then after u get those go for the deep signals & really clean up,
As of research
-library
-town Hall
-historic map works
-sanborn maps
Theres much more out there hope this helps some good luck, & nice finds so far hh

 

[Mackaydon]

Looking forward to seeing it cleaned up; then maybe the mint mark will be ID-ed.
Nine mints minted this coin in 1851; all to a fineness of 0.9030.
Congrats on your find !
Don......

 

[Jmann69]

Well after a small clean up, here's what I have. Looks to be an 1861 eight reale. Damaged pretty good. Nice to find.

 

[Mackaydon]

I'm having doubts. If it were an 8R piece, it would weigh just under 27 grams, given its condition. Does it?
Also, where do you see the date? The area where it would be is obscure to these eyes. If it were an 8R (Mexican), the date would be at the 7 o'clock position from the base of the Liberty Cap.
Because of its condition and appearance, I'm open to three other possibilities: (1) It's a variety of a later dated One Peso (versus 8R) coin --of the same weight and design; (2) It's a variety of an 8R minted by one of the Mexican States during a later period of revolution; or (3) It's a counterfeit. Whatever it is, it has my continued interest.

Don....

 

[Jmann69]

Everything seams to line up as an 8R. Here is a close up. 8R Z .9 1861 that's all I could get from it. It's pretty beat up

 

[Mackaydon]

What you are showing in #6 above is certainly an 8R dated 1861 and minted in Zacatecas.
I just can't see that detail in your first posting.
Don.....

 

[Jmann69]

Just had an appraiser look at the coin and he told me it was counterfeit. Dude, bummer! Still stuck in the 1900s.

 

[Mackaydon]

Then it most likely would not have tested 90% silver either. BTW, the item after the Z is an 's', not a '9'; representing the last letter of the mint--Zacatecas. Keep searching the area; at least you're in the right 'vintage'.
Don....