My oldest silver in a long time.

Merf

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Rehunted an 1850s farmstead site today and found these. I pretty much dig everything that isn’t obvious deep iron or a pop can overload. Thought it was apiece of a tab top at first but upon brushing it off I saw it was round. A shocker when I saw it was a silver coin.
 

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cannonball

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View attachment 2143984 View attachment 2143985 View attachment 2143986 Rehunted an 1850s farmstead site today and found these. I pretty much dig everything that isn’t obvious deep iron or a pop can overload. Thought it was apiece of a tab top at first but upon brushing it off I saw it was round. A shocker when I saw it was a silver coin.
Congrats!
 

DWerk

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I learn something from this site on a regular basis; I don't believe that Spanish silver was a regular coinage this far north (IN/IL/MI). Nice finds.
Rereading my Michigan history and of course see that we had the Spanish here as well.
 

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Way to go Merf. đź‘Ť Congrats on the old silver.
That LC is a beauty and so is that button.
MM
 

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