Help me ID this old coin.

[vpierceiii]

I found this at a Northern California beach today in the wet sand next to a deep under cut.
I don’t see any base metal wear spots and it looks hammered.
What is it?

 

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[villagenut]

Looks like a dupe to me.....replicated shipwreck coin.

 

[Red-Coat]

I'm afraid it's a very inferior 'fake' and cast, not hammered... not intended to deceive, but as a play coin or souvenir. Google "replica pirate doubloon".

 

[UnderMiner]

That is a base metal Chinese facsimile of an 8 Reale hammered COB from the Potosi mint in Bolivia. People sometimes throw them on the beach to fool metal detectorists as a prank. Children also sometimes play with them in the sand- burying them and then digging them up while pretending to be Captain Jack Sparrow or a member of his scurvy crew of misfits. 😄👍

 

[vpierceiii]

Ok. Thanks. I wasn’t sure. I found it in the surf. So it made me wonder.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

I found this at a Northern California beach today in the wet sand next to a deep under cut.
I don’t see any base metal wear spots and it looks hammered.
What is it?View attachment 2056887View attachment 2056888

Foreign coin. Not much circulation, crisp. Coral on it...?
Is it quite heavy? Could be quite old

 

[CRUSADER]

Yeap, terrible looking copy, keep looking....

 

[pepperj]

Foreign coin. Not much circulation, crisp. Coral on it...?
Is it quite heavy? Could be quite old

The ID of the coin was stated in the previous 3 replies #2-#4

 

[smokeythecat]

They are correct. A replicated shipwreck coin. I have found a few over time and they sure do get your heart pumping for a bit!