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My First Silver Thimble!

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Wow I can check off a bucket lister. Now I just need to find a skeleton key. I was very happy to find this. It has the number 2 on the side and the word Sterling. I also found this coin/Token? Its hard to make out anything except a few numbers on the bottom 378 or 878. I do not know if it is silver. Could it have been burned in a house fire? And the other item is it part of a harmonica reed? The house was built in 1910. Thanks for looking. Also there are two holes drilled on the top.
 

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Numbers on the bottom strike me as probably a phone number so maybe an advertising token. Silver thimble is a really nice find, on my list as well (so far three metal ones but no shining crown).
 
Forgot to add... the style of the 7 in particular seems like it might match the 7s on Spanish silver of that era. Finding holed coins from that era is not uncommon, too, - I've found a 1780 1 real that is holed. Don't know where you are, but Spanish silver (often from Mexico City mint) was used in the original 13 colonies/eastern seaboard from 1700's through War of 1812 (and probably even up through early 1830's or so depending on the local supply of US-minted silver coins, maybe even later). I'm sure that range also extended to former Spanish/Mexican colonies/territories near Mexico like TX, FL & CA, and probably some made it westward from the east into early settler sites in the Midwest. Possibility of a house or log cabin on the site that predated the 1910 house?? If this coin is as thin as it appears to be, then that probably fits the specs of a 1/2 or maybe 1 real coin that has been well-worn. As for fire damage, I'm not knowledgeable, but definitely looks like it to me.
 
FindingHistory said:
Forgot to add... the style of the 7 in particular seems like it might match the 7s on Spanish silver of that era. Finding holed coins from that era is not uncommon, too, - I've found a 1780 1 real that is holed. Don't know where you are, but Spanish silver (often from Mexico City mint) was used in the original 13 colonies/eastern seaboard from 1700's through War of 1812 (and probably even up through early 1830's or so depending on the local supply of US-minted silver coins, maybe even later). I'm sure that range also extended to former Spanish/Mexican colonies/territories near Mexico like TX, FL & CA, and probably some made it westward from the east into early settler sites in the Midwest. Possibility of a house or log cabin on the site that predated the 1910 house?? If this coin is as thin as it appears to be, then that probably fits the specs of a 1/2 or maybe 1 real coin that has been well-worn. As for fire damage, I'm not knowledgeable, but definitely looks like it to me.
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Thanks Findinghistory I will check tonight and let you know the thickness. I appreciate it. I would be ecstatic as it would be my oldest coin.
 
FindingHistory said:
Forgot to add... the style of the 7 in particular seems like it might match the 7s on Spanish silver of that era. Finding holed coins from that era is not uncommon, too, - I've found a 1780 1 real that is holed. Don't know where you are, but Spanish silver (often from Mexico City mint) was used in the original 13 colonies/eastern seaboard from 1700's through War of 1812 (and probably even up through early 1830's or so depending on the local supply of US-minted silver coins, maybe even later). I'm sure that range also extended to former Spanish/Mexican colonies/territories near Mexico like TX, FL & CA, and probably some made it westward from the east into early settler sites in the Midwest. Possibility of a house or log cabin on the site that predated the 1910 house?? If this coin is as thin as it appears to be, then that probably fits the specs of a 1/2 or maybe 1 real coin that has been well-worn. As for fire damage, I'm not knowledgeable, but definitely looks like it to me.
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I live in southern california.
 
FindingHistory said:
Forgot to add... the style of the 7 in particular seems like it might match the 7s on Spanish silver of that era. Finding holed coins from that era is not uncommon, too, - I've found a 1780 1 real that is holed. Don't know where you are, but Spanish silver (often from Mexico City mint) was used in the original 13 colonies/eastern seaboard from 1700's through War of 1812 (and probably even up through early 1830's or so depending on the local supply of US-minted silver coins, maybe even later). I'm sure that range also extended to former Spanish/Mexican colonies/territories near Mexico like TX, FL & CA, and probably some made it westward from the east into early settler sites in the Midwest. Possibility of a house or log cabin on the site that predated the 1910 house?? If this coin is as thin as it appears to be, then that probably fits the specs of a 1/2 or maybe 1 real coin that has been well-worn. As for fire damage, I'm not knowledgeable, but definitely looks like it to me.
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Congrats on the bucket lister. I found a silver thimble early on about 40 years ago, but have never found another, only steel and aluminum since then.
 
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