Metal Detecting - Today I Trembled, I Yelled and Cried with Joy!

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  1. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Four bits? I have to look that up :hilarious:

    Thanks!
     
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  3. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Wow. Cool :wideyed:
    The first inauguration of George Washington as the first president of the United States was held on Thursday, April 30, 1789, on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, New York.

    But I thought about it. If it was minted in Spain in 1789 it would have taken some time for the coin to travel from there to NYC ;). But it neat to know the event for 1789.
     
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  4. eddiespin

    eddiespin Fast Eddie

    Two bits, four bits, eight bits a dollar, all for the paddyman stand up and holler! :)
     
    eddiespin, Oct 6, 2024
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  5. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Hopefully you didn’t cry on the coin. Tears produce salt and that wouldn’t be good. Again, congratulations! :)
     
    Collecting Nut, Oct 6, 2024
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  6. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    Really nice find.
     
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  7. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    So, I decided to look up this king. His reign started in 1788. This coin was minted in the 2nd year of his reign.

    What a name!
    Charles IV (Spanish: Carlos Antonio Pascual Francisco Javier Juan Nepomuceno José Januario Serafín Diego de Borbón y Sajonia

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    Charles IV of Spain - Wikipedia
     
    paddyman98, Oct 13, 2024
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  8. KBBPLL

    KBBPLL Well-Known Member

    Fabulous find, obviously. I'm also interested by the number of bullets you seem to find. Could be the result of just about anything I suppose.
     
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  9. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    It would also need some time to acquire the wear this coin has. Are you sure it was struck in Spain? I don't have reference with me but that looks like it could be a Mexico City mintmark on the reverse at 9:00.
     
    Conder101, Oct 15, 2024
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  10. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    WOW, congrats! Is this your first 1700s silver?

    That is NOT “4 bits”, which would be a much larger 4-reales piece. This is a half-real (so a “half a bit”, essentially, though I don’t think that terminology was used). Appears to be a Mexico City piece.

    Down here in the South we find as much 1700s Spanish Colonial silver like that as we do pre-Civil War US silver. These Spanish coins were legal tender in the US up until 1857, so prior to the Civil War there were plenty of them in Americans’ pocket change.

    They circulated far and wide from their Central- and South American origin sites. All over the New World. And since Spanish silver circulated for more than a century in the US, they’re often found in quite worn condition.
     
    lordmarcovan, Oct 19, 2024
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  11. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    This 1776 Spanish Colonial Mexico City half-real was the first 1700s coin I found while metal detecting.

    Needless to say, I was very excited. The next morning, a few feet away, I found a nice 1787.

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    Later, on other sites, I also found a 1781 half-reale, a no-date 1770s 1-real made into a love token, and a 1779 2-reales (also holed). All were Mexico City mint.
     
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  12. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    A lot of the reales were minted in Mexico and circulated heavily in colonial and the early US late 1700's. On the reverse of your coin at 9 o'clock it looks like an M.
     
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  13. kountryken

    kountryken Well-Known Member

    Great day @paddyman98! So glad for you. Here is a 1795 half reale that was one of the coins found in 1982 in New Orleans by a backhoe operator when they were building for the 1984 Worlds Fair. It shows its age. It was minted in Mexico City, noted by the M with the "o" on top of it, reverse 3 o'clock.
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  14. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Only at 3:00 because the reverse picture is upside-down. ;)

    Normally at 9:00.

    Interesting pedigree, BTW.
     
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  15. kountryken

    kountryken Well-Known Member

    Oops! Guess I wasn't paying attention, lol.
     
    kountryken, Oct 20, 2024
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  16. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

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  17. ksparrow

    ksparrow Coin Hoarder Supporter

    Congrats, that's quite a haul!
     
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  18. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    This is a great picture, BTW. Profile-worthy.
     
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  19. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    EEK! Who dat! :eek::D
     
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