An 1810 Silver Spanish reale from the clay!!

[Water wizard]

Well I did another session on the beach this morning, it was very productive, I found a load more coins, and the last signal was the best, a silver Spanish reale from 1810! It's in great condition as you can see from the pictures. It has been turned in to a pendant. It's solid silver, and 204 years old! There's a stamp on it, I think it says 889? And a Symbol below that. Anybody got any ideas what that's about? I'm off for 2 weeks now on a trip hunting in spain. I hope you guys stay warm and safe in the USA, I'll try and post my finds from Spain... Cheers WW

 

[mudpuppy]

Outrageous! You get in that Spanish sand and do us proud! We are socked in very much badly..
Mud

 

[WaderMike]

Cooool coin If you can find that on our beaches, you'll be finding sovereigns on the Spanish beaches!!
have a great time

 

[OldBeechnut]

That is a sweet looking catch!! Congrads....Good Luck on your trip to Spain, Say hey to Kered...old poster from several years ago....

 

[tvr]

Looking forward the seeing what you turn up in Spain!

 

[Kossie]

Always great to find old silver coins. The markings on the coin might be counterstamps. Silver coins were struck with a stamp to revalue them. This practice is cheaper than melting them down and minting new ones. Dutch (of course) coins from the 17th century frequently have counterstamps.

Have loads of fun in Spain and go for seafood instead of steak.

Greetz Kossie

 

[deepseeker442]

wow nice find man wtg for you wtg