whats the differents between cob coins and reales

[NJnuggetpirate]

hi everyone i like to hunt the historical Greenwitch NJ it has alot of pirate history and british settlement i think my chances of find cob coins there are more then likely if i can get that permission but if i do find a cob or reale or even a dubloon how will i tell the difference

 

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[Diver_Down]

Where to start? Let's make this simple. Think of a reale as a denomination such as our cents. We have 5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, 50 cents, etc. Well, with spanish colonial silver coinage, there are half reale, 1 reale, 2 reale, 4 reale, 8 reale. Escudos are commonly referred to as dubloons. They are gold.

These denominations were made either hammered and what are referred to as cobs or they were milled and minted on a screw press.

 

[Mackaydon]

You find it and be assured we'll ID it as either a real, cob, doubloon, "piece of eight", peso or whatever.
Don.......

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

Thanks everyone

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

Where to start? Let's make this simple. Think of a reale as a denomination such as our cents. We have 5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, 50 cents, etc. Well, with spanish colonial silver coinage, there are half reale, 1 reale, 2 reale, 4 reale, 8 reale. Escudos are commonly referred to as dubloons. They are gold.

These denominations were made either hammered and what are referred to as cobs or they were milled and minted on a screw press.

Maybe this is a stupid question how do you pronounce escudos

 

[Mackaydon]

escudos pronunciation: How to pronounce escudos in Spanish

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

lol

 

[Mackaydon]

NJ,
You asked for the pronunciation of the Spanish word escudos.
I gave you the oral pronunciation in both Mexican Spanish and Castilian Spanish and you responded with "lol".
What am I missing?
Don.....

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

im sorry when i type that i was kinda out of it don im probebly gonna hit corson inlet in NJ from what ive heard its actually a very good place to look for cob coins im hoping i get lucky