Quattro finds Spanish Silver in Oz

[John (Australia)]

Went back to the site where I had found my oldest coins, being two 1806 English pennies.Got a signal that could have been a silver coin and not far down I found a coin sized object with a hole in it like it had been worn around someone's neck. The one clear part of the coin was the date, 1765. After partial cleaning and half the night searching a world coin book I found it. A 1765 Mexican 1 Real, quite a find for my part of the world I think and older then Cook's discovery of the southern land. Still more cleaning needed but here are 2 pics.
John

 

[mtdoramike]

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[B.RATNY]

very nice, you got to love those 1700's coins

 

[Ken (Australia)]

Mate, what a great find, particularly for this part of the world, congratulations.....Ken.

 

[buster12]

Nice find John

 

[Doug[Manila]]

That is a real good find. Go back as maybe there is more...

 

[Angela (Australia)]

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