1805 coin 1 real

[littlenugget]

Hello, i have this coin, its a a silver 1805, carlous IIII 1 REAL i didnt found it with my x terra 705 , i bought from a friend of my brother for 10 dollars i was wondering whow much is it worth


thanks

 

[Jack Beam]

Google it!

 

[littlenugget]

i google it i cant find it!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS FOR YOUR BIGGGGGG HELPPPP

 

[7centsworth]

I just googled it and there are several on there. Spell it reale instead of real. Hope this helps.

 

[littlenugget]

THANKS 7CENTS WORTH YOUR RIGHT I FOUND IT!!!

 

[Old Longhair]

One in similar condition recently sold on Ebay for $18 shipped.

 

[1859large]

And now the history.

Spanish coins where legal tender in the US until 1857. The 8 reale coin was worth one dollar. The two reale coin was worth 25 cents (2 bits) . Your coin would have been worth half that or 12.5 cents in 1805.

See the two bars with the ribbon on one side of the coin. Now look at the $ sign. The real dollar sign had two bars and the draped ribbon forms an S shape. This is not coincidence. The dollar sign is a convienient way to represent those two bars and the ribbon on the Spanish reale coin.

This is one of several theories on where the $ sign came from. An alternative is that it was corrupted from S and P overlaid on each other, on the coin denoting peso. The Spanish word for Spain does not begin with S so that seems doubtful to me. It would have been E and P.

There is your history lesson from a coin.

HH 1859

 

[Terra1959]

Hi ,
nice old coin
IMHO its in pretty good shape so it could be worth up to $40