First colonial silver in a few years

[toasted]

Finally got out after an unusually long stretch of cold weather. I hunted a field being turned into a residential development. Found a colonial site with a few buttons and coppers and a nice earlier milled Spanish right in the road cut only 1” down

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on a excellent find !

 

[billb]

Wow ……That’s spectacular
Voting Banner on your achievement..

 

[Jorgeke]

Finally got out after an usually long stretch of cold weather. I hunted a field being turned into a residential development. Found a colonial site with a few buttons and coppers and a nice earlier milled Spanish right in the road cut only 1” downView attachment 2245167

Wowww

Congrats

Whats in the other side

 

[Gene Mean]

Very nice!! What year?

 

[pepperj]

Great save on the silver 👏

 

[scruggs]

Congratulations on your beautiful find! That is one to be proud of!

 

[The Rebel]

Gotta love colonial Spanish silver!

 

[cannonball]

Finally got out after an usually long stretch of cold weather. I hunted a field being turned into a residential development. Found a colonial site with a few buttons and coppers and a nice earlier milled Spanish right in the road cut only 1” downView attachment 2245167

Gotta Love that early silver! Congrats

 

[toasted]

Very nice!! What year?

Looks like 1756 to me. Ive only found around 5 of these pillar and globes type reales. Far more cob coins from earlier and bust style from later. One of the nicest condition colonial coins Ive ever found was this type

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on that great looking Colonial coin.

 

[mrwiskers]

Very nice find (1756 is correct). Mexico City stopped producing hand-struck cobs in 1733.

In 1733, still cutting irregular blanks by hand, Mexico pressed the blanks between a screw press, rather than hand-striking the coins. These are called "klippes", & were struck for 2 years, in 1733 & 1734.

The above design, your coin, (known as "pillar dollars"), was first struck in 1735. Mexico used round, uniformly cut blanks that were struck in a screw press, with a collar around the edge. the collars served to keep the round shape, as well as impressing a design onto the edge. The edge design discouraged the practice of drilling into & removing silver from the coins This design continued at Mexico City until 1772, when it was abandoned for the King's portrait.

The below shows the evolution from (hand-struck) cobs to machine milled coins:

 

[Silvermonkey]

Finally got out after an unusually long stretch of cold weather. I hunted a field being turned into a residential development. Found a colonial site with a few buttons and coppers and a nice earlier milled Spanish right in the road cut only 1” downView attachment 2245167

Fantastic find!!!! Congrats on sniffing out that old Spanish silver.

 

[oldmxrat]

Awesome find, congrats!

 

[ArfieBoy]

Congratulations on a great silver find!