First Spanish silver today.

[Dirty Digger Doug]

Well here in Michigan it's to hot to hunt so the wife and I went to find a new spot to detect. We were going through an old town when we saw a nice grassy strip on a public parkway. After popping some new clad I got a Wheatie, 1950. Told the wife that we were in an area old enough for silver. A while later I popped what I thought was a big token. I gave it a light brushing and saw it was a 1959 peso. I put it away and when I got home to research it I found it to be silver as I suspected it to be. Here it is all cleaned up. Even has writing around the rim. Pretty cool.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Cool find, congrats!

 

[Truth]

Wow you busted your cherry now you are officially addicted

 

[xr7ator]

So, really a Mexican silver coin, not Spanish. GRATS!

 

[Wildcat1750]

Congratulations on Big Silver! I love that lettered edge!

 

[Mackaydon]

Good one !!
27+M minted; 10% fine silver-16 grams.
Bust of Morelos.
Don...........

 

[Dirty Digger Doug]

Question. If it is 10 percent fine silver, what is the other 90 percent? Copper?

 

[A2coins]

Great info Don wow that's a great job on those and the silver Go Blue

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Question. If it is 10 percent fine silver, what is the other 90 percent? Copper?

10% silver 90% brass if you Google 1959 peso coin metal content it shows you.Cool find.

 

[Squirrel322]

That’s a cool coin, Congrats! I would be stoked to dig one of those.

Technically, it’s Mexican silver.

 

[Dirty Digger Doug]

Thanks back of the boat. I did Google it and look at multiple sites none told me the content of each metal. Guess I clicked on all the wrong sites. Which is typical for me. Lol. The coin is silver dollar size.

 

[Mackaydon]

[FONT=&quot]The exact composition of those coins is .700 Copper, .100 Nickel, .100 Zinc and .100 Silver.
[/FONT]https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3550.html
Don......

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!!!