What Kind of Reale is This?

mtnbay

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I had a great day out in the hills in Northern California. 2nd to last signal of the day gave up this beautiful 1822 reale. Try as I might I cannot find the exact coin online anywhere. One side says Hispania Rum Rex. The other side says Ferdin. VII Dei Gratia. I appreciate any help anyone can give me as well as a source online to positively identify this coin.

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Great coin, congrats.
 
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It looks like it could use a good baking soda, aluminum foil and hot water bath

This worked wonders on my 1774 2 Reale last year.
 
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Looks Spanish to me.
 
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I appreciate everybody's input and replies. Sorry I have not replied sooner as I have been out of town on business the last few days. Happy Hunting out there.
 
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Drop it in Lemon juice, it will get rid of all that crud.

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it actually says....[FONT=&quot]HISPANIARUM·REX·....."the king of Spain"[/FONT]
 
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it is odd to find it too....i would think northern California would have a Mexico mint mark, especially given that at that time Mexico had been in revolution for years and the coins coming out of the mints were very poorly, even crudely struck.
 
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