First cut spanish silver and silver half. Hoorah!!

carpetbagger · Jul 30, 2010

Got out with some good friends for a few hours yesterday and managed to pull these out of the ground. Man let me tell you I did not expect to ever see any cut silver from this place. Needless to say I am going back soon.
Jeff K
Any help identifying the cut silver would be appreciated.

romeo-1 · Jul 30, 2010

Now that's a great find!!

Woodland Detectors · Jul 30, 2010

That's a great silver day!

Go find more would ya~

The Patriot · Jul 30, 2010

most excellent finds there.... still looking for a piece of eight here... well an eight reale would even be better....

Mackaydon · Jul 30, 2010

1/8th of an 8R coin from the reign of Carlos III 1759-1788.
Complete obverse legend would read:
CAROLVS III D.G.HISPAN ET IND REX
The reverse would read:
VTRAQUE VNUM then probably an "M" for Mexico followed by the date.
Your coin shows the "III D" of the obverse and the "UM" of the reverse.
Great find!
Don........
PS: If you orient the "UM" to the 3 o'clock position, the verticle image is a column topped by a crown.

Blind Squirrel · Jul 30, 2010

Cool finds :icon_thumleft:

I am a

and had no idea that cut Spanish silver or anything like that was in this area. WTG and good luck in the furure. Gene

gwdigger · Jul 30, 2010

Thats an authentic bit of history right there. :icon_thumright:

Tank69 · Jul 30, 2010

wtg awsome silver finds there :icon_thumleft:

thr cut silver is high on my wish list of finds

goldcoastwayne · Jul 30, 2010

Mackaydon said:
1/8th of an 8R coin from the reign of Carlos III 1759-1788.
Complete obverse legend would read:
CAROLVS III D.G.HISPAN ET IND REX
The reverse would read:
VTRAQUE VNUM then probably an "M" for Mexico followed by the date.
Your coin shows the "III D" of the obverse and the "UM" of the reverse.
Great find!
Don........
PS: If you orient the "UM" to the 3 o'clock position, the verticle image is a column topped by a crown.

Your spanish piece is really a great find.....and Don's identification is right on the button

goldcoastwayne

West Jersey Detecting · Jul 30, 2010

That is certainly a nice find! Better in my mind than an intact 8 reale!!

Tuberale · Jul 30, 2010

Congratulations, and many more cobs to come.

Hoorah indeed!!

(sorry about this, but) In your hunt for a 8 reale, it seems all you got was a wedgie carpetbagger. I would mind getting either an 8 reale or wedgie similar to yours.

carpetbagger · Jul 30, 2010

Mackaydon said:
1/8th of an 8R coin from the reign of Carlos III 1759-1788.
Complete obverse legend would read:
CAROLVS III D.G.HISPAN ET IND REX
The reverse would read:
VTRAQUE VNUM then probably an "M" for Mexico followed by the date.
Your coin shows the "III D" of the obverse and the "UM" of the reverse.
Great find!
Don........
PS: If you orient the "UM" to the 3 o'clock position, the verticle image is a column topped by a crown.

Thanks for the ID Don, it really gives life to it knowing the type of reale and where it came from.

The Patriot said:
most excellent finds there.... still looking for a piece of eight here... well an eight reale would even be better....

Although I would certianly love to find an 8 reale I think this is a unique find in itself.
Thanks for all the comments.
Jeff K

West Jersey Detecting · Jul 30, 2010

FYI Thomas Jefferson wanted to use the Spanish Milled Dollar (8 Reale) as the standard for our currency. Each piece of 8 was worth 12.5 cents. That is why a quarter is sometimes referred to as "two bits".

It remained legal tender in the United States until the Coinage Act of 1857 discontinued the practice.