8 Reale?

[pulltabsteve]

This is not a dug coin. This morning a buddy and I went to a barn sale. The guy buys storage units and sells the contents. It was on an old property and we got permission to detect it! We started talking about metal detecting and he said he had a bag of foreign coins he's been collecting from storage units over the years. He brought them out and dumped them on the table. I paid $30.00 for the bag of coins and 5 knives. I get the coins home and there are over 250 foreign coins, 2 silver 1968 canadian dimes, about 100 crap amusement tokens, a few casino chips and... A 1723 8 REALE Is this real and how much might it be worth?

EDIT- Its 28 MM. Maybe a 4 reale?

 

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[Diver_Down]

I removed/edited my last post. I was able to enlarge your photos, but there are still details that aren't clear. From the pictures provided, it is a 2 reales (might be 4 as I can't discern if it there are 2 roman numerals (I's) to the right of the shield or an (IV)). It was minted in Seville, and it is legitimate.

 

[pulltabsteve]

Thanks for the reply Diver. Now that I did some looking around on the web, I'm thinking its a 2 reale. Here are some close ups. Let me know if you want them zoomed in some more.

 

[Diver_Down]

Yup, 2 reales assayer J. Nice score.

 

[pulltabsteve]

Yup, 2 reales assayer J. Nice score.

Awesome! Thanks.

 

[cuzcosquirrel]

They used a rolling press for some Spanish continental coins and the flan gets elongated like that when it goes through the dies. It looks like an early regualr vellon 2 reals.

 

[leprechaun]

Very nice find that cob must be worth 150 to 250 at least.

 

[austin]

Great deal...