🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Unknown Silver Coin

[bergie]

I'd appreciate ID and possible date range for this one. The other side is totally flat, so no help. It's about the size of a dime. Thanks!

 

[Carolina Relic Hunter]

Appears to be a Half Reale (Globes & Pillars) Nice recovery.

 

[bergie]

Appears to be a Half Reale (Globes & Pillars) Nice recovery.

Thanks very much. Any sense of the date range?

 

[Carolina Relic Hunter]

Thanks very much. Any sense of the date range?

Spanish Half Reale "Globes and Pillars" coins were minted primarily between 1734 and 1771

 

[pepperj]

I'd appreciate ID and possible date range for this one. The other side is totally flat, so no help. It's about the size of a dime. Thanks!

Congrats on the recovery

 

[Gare]

You did well. It sure seems to be a nice find

 

[UnderMiner]

The coin more than likely passed through the posession of a few pirates. Given the amount of wear on it, it likely purchased countless flagons of grog. If I recall correctly, a half reale was the price for a big pitcher of grog in its day. Sometimes small change like this was in short supply so the people would cut larger coins into "pie pieces". A standard Piece of 8 could make 16 pie pieces, each with the same purchasing power of your coin - a half reale being worth 1/16th of a Piece of 8.

 

[grasshopper]

Appears to be a Half Reale (Globes & Pillars) Nice recovery.

How do you know it's a pillars and globe variety if the obverse isn't shown? Isn't the reverse the same on both versions?

 

[The Rebel]

WTG on the Spanish silver!

 

[TicTac Coins]

Arrgh! Got some booty I see. Nice find!

 

[Coinstar magnet]

The coin more than likely passed through the posession of a few pirates. Given the amount of wear on it, it likely purchased countless flagons of grog. If I recall correctly, a half reale was the price for a big pitcher of grog in its day. Sometimes small change like this was in short supply so the people would cut larger coins into "pie pieces". A standard Piece of 8 could make 16 pie pieces, each with the same purchasing power of your coin - a half reale being worth 1/16th of a Piece of 8.

Fascinating. Love the history. Thanks for sharing that.