✅ SOLVED This one should be an easy one - 2 Reale

[HuntinDog]

105 here and to hot and dry to hunt, so thought I would look through some past finds.
Found this awhile back and always wondered about it.
I know it's a 2 Reale, but what date and where from? (Mex)
Any help is welcome.
Thanks
HH&GL

 

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[Mackaydon]

From Chile; the (obscured) date is below the reverse ribbon; two reales is the denomination.
Don.....

 

[Mackaydon]

The fineness of the silver was measured in the medieval system of dineros and granos. 12 dineros was pure silver. Each dinero was divided into 24 granos. The silver content at the time of this coin's minting was (as shown) 10 Ds 20 Gs'; or .902777 fine.
Don,.....

 

[HuntinDog]

Thanks Mac,
I'll get the loop out and give that spot a good looking over.

 

[Mackaydon]

After the word, CHILE, is an 'So' designating the mint: Santiago. Afrer the "So" are the letters IJ which stand for the initials of the assayer.
Don..........

 

[HuntinDog]

Don,
Thank you for all that info.
Now I can catalog it with my other finds.
As best as I can tell with the loop it is an 1814... Cool


Thanks

 

[testing123]

nice find! BTW, there is no "reale." It's either "real" or plural of "reales"

 

[Mackaydon]

To corroborate your 1814 date, at least verify the assayer, IJ, worked during that period.
I know one with those initials worked in Chile in the mid 1800s.
Also check to see if that design was used in 1814.
Don....

 

[HuntinDog]

Don,
Sorry about the "E" I won't make that mistake again.... not like I'm finding a bunch of these. LOL
Looking through the web I'm sure you are right.
It is most likely a 1844. Still cool
Thanks

 

[Mackaydon]

Hunting Dog,
It was 'testing123' who made the comment about the "E", not I.
Don..

 

[HuntinDog]

Boy I sure make a lot of mistakes....

 

[Mackaydon]

Doing more research, this coin's imagine with the "I J" assayer's mark was only minted in Chile from 1843 through 1847.
The reference is: KM #100.2 in the Standard Catalog of World Coins.
Don........

 

[HuntinDog]

Thanks Don and Testing123