REVIER
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I didn't really think for a second this 1630 Spanish Reale Cob was real being dug up here in Kansas in a pretty modern park and all, but it was a dead on quarter signal so quite a surprise when this thing popped up instead.
I have seen posts from a few others that found similar coins, sometimes in way better condition than mine and in areas where real ones could be found so a heart-breaker target under the right circumstances.
I could see the seam around the end, the front and back seem to be copper with probably a nickel coating and one side of mine has worn off so the copper is coming through.
One edge is open and it seems to be zinc or some other material in the core.
Funny thing is there is no word "copy" stamped on it anywhere which I believe is law on any novelty coins so this could have been a ripoff counterfeit fake made to make someone money.
Whatever...still cool and not the most common find so I will take it and display it.
Maybe one day I will be hunting in an area that real ones were lost and find a real complete one...who knows?
I have seen posts from a few others that found similar coins, sometimes in way better condition than mine and in areas where real ones could be found so a heart-breaker target under the right circumstances.
I could see the seam around the end, the front and back seem to be copper with probably a nickel coating and one side of mine has worn off so the copper is coming through.
One edge is open and it seems to be zinc or some other material in the core.
Funny thing is there is no word "copy" stamped on it anywhere which I believe is law on any novelty coins so this could have been a ripoff counterfeit fake made to make someone money.
Whatever...still cool and not the most common find so I will take it and display it.
Maybe one day I will be hunting in an area that real ones were lost and find a real complete one...who knows?