hunting the old hay field that have been so good to us. i found these 2 colonial silvers. 1739 half reale and a 2 reale with no date. so far this field has produced 10 LC , 10 indians and 4 colonial silvers.
It proberbly is, during the Great Recoinage" Of William III reign,
hammered silver coins were to be withdrawn and replaced with
milled coins instead. A lot of the coins were minted at local
mints until 1698 to produce the large quantities required.
They have letters below the bust: B= Bristol, C=Chester,
E= Exeter, N= Norwich & Y= York. So it can be one of only three years