Help Identifing Coin

[trzrhntr]

I found this metal detecting on the beach at Topsail Island in North Carolina.

 

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[Ocean7]

Spanish colonial reales or cobs, Just do a search on 'spanish reales' on any search engine.

http://www.newworldtreasures.com/princesslouisa.htm

 

[Charles,Oak Island]

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[Darren in NC]

Way to go trzrhunter. You been at it long? That find will spark a lot of questions about the 1750 fleet lost off the NC coast. Sure has me wondering...

 

[old man]

Nice coins, but unless you had them cleaned they didn't just come off the beach or from the water.

 

[trzrhntr]

Actually it is a single coin. The picture shows both sides. It was not cleaned and was found about 5" in the slightly compacted sand. My guess is that it was somehow uncovered because of Hurricane Charlie.

 

[lab rat]

Excellent find! You've got a Spanish cob there. I can't tell from the photo what denomination it is, but that is easy to find out by how much it weighs. I CAN tell you that I'd be really happy to find one. Way to go!

 

[nicknyc]

that's fantastic! congrats. . . i got something like that.... for Christmas last year! great find!