Need help iding this coin, Skhipwreck?

[T Hunter]

Please help iding this coin it was found in Delaware after last northeast storm i have know idea what it is but it was found in a shipwreck location off the beach Thank You .
The coin seems to be copper and is as big or a little bigger than a quarter. I could only get one pic to post

 

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[CoolFrayers]

Color looks too "gold" to be copper......
Looks like a Spanish Doubloon

 

[CRUSADER]

I'm guessing 18th century Dutch..

Someone will nail it, I just like guessing.

Have you a picture of the other side, it will help.

 

[CRUSADER]

Color looks too "gold" to be copper......

Looks copper-alloy or bronze to me

 

[T Hunter]

Here is the other side of the coin. It is definitely copper

 

[MichiganRob]

What does the lettering on the back say? I can't make it out

 

[T Hunter]

It looks like V?V Thanks Mark

 

[T Hunter]

ill try to get a beter pic of the letters on the back

 

[T Hunter]

.I cant make it out

 

[Montana Jim]

Possibly an Indian / Portuguese "Tanga" of some type...

Compare to this picture for design elements...



If this is NOT it... maybe it's close.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Maybe try posting it in the cob section. "Spanish Cobs"

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Thats a good idea,looks like a shipwreck coin..French i think ,around late 1600s early 1700s

 

[T Hunter]

Thanks guys for all the help. Montana Jim What do you think the year might be ?

 

[Montana Jim]

Thanks guys for all the help. Montana Jim What do you think the year might be ?

No clue... that coin of yours is pretty beat up and I can't find one that is exact... and I'm not even sure about the origin!

Only a proper attribution will give you a possible date... keep looking though!

 

[Mackaydon]

It may be a coin of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves.
Note the coat of arms here:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/I...gdom_of_Portugal,_Brazil_and_the_Algarves.svg
---and the similarity of the five images (flat tops and rounded bottoms) within the coat of arms crest.
Don.....

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

It may be a coin of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves.
Note the coat of arms here:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/I...gdom_of_Portugal,_Brazil_and_the_Algarves.svg
---and the similarity of the four images within the coat of arms crest.
Don.....

Here they are for comparison Mackaydon. I think you are on to something. Its very similar to the flag of Portugal but with a rounded bottom... 7 castles, 5 dominos in center. Amazing find T Hunter. Too bad its so worn.


1815-1822. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Portugal,_Brazil,_and_the_Algarve
The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves was a monarchy consisting of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarve. It came into being when the Portuguese king John VI moved to the colony of Brazil during the war with Napoleonic France in 1808. The colony of Brazil was elevated to the rank of a Kingdom, and the Kingdoms of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve were united as a single State by the title of The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves by a Law issued on December 16, 1815.

In 1822 the Brazilian regent Dom Pedro, son of John VI, declared the Brazilian independence, as a consequence of the Liberal Revolution of 1820 in Portugal, and became Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, which meant the end of this United Kingdom.