Where is this coin from?

:desk:I found this coin and I can not read the writing on it. Nor can I locate a date. Can someone please tell me where my coin is from?

 

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I can't read the writing or find the date either. It would help if you include a photo of the coin.

 

:desk: I found this coin and I don't know where it

is from. I can not read the writing. Nor can I


locate a date. Can someone please help and tell


me where my coin is from?

 

Pictures on on the other one!

 

The other what?

 

She posted the same inquiry twice, and included a picture with the other one.

The moderators have been notified but for some reason they haven't dealt with the situation, and this one with replies stays active while the other one fades into history!

 

Anyone wanting to see a pic.---please see the other thread that is now closed.

http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=31735

Speedy
Moderator

 

well....it might have been because the Mod's weren't online at the time or didn't see the reported post as soon as it was sent. I didn't see the report and so your post was the first time I had heard of double threads

Speedy

 

Can you give us some history on this coin? Like was it in your grandfather's coin jar from WW2? Or did you pick up the coin while on vacation in Africa? How was it aquired? It looks to have a bundle of six arrows on the one side, a shield on the other. Or a ships main sail.

 

Spanish maybe? The bundle of arrows appears on other coins from Spain, and the text on that side - well, if you think of a clock, from 6 to 7 that could be REG and from 9 to 10 maybe CAST. The shield looks similar to that of the Reyes Catolicos (Catholic Kings) here:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagen:Escudo_Reyes_Catolicos.png

Vaguely yours
Christian

 

Seems the text says REX ET REGINA ... CAST which would mean King and Queen of Castile. This page has a similar piece http://www.maravedis.org/rrcc_2realespag.html but I don't know much about such coins. An overview of other coins from those years is here http://www.maravedis.org/reyescatolicos.html (see the 1 real and 2 reales coins). Guess that somebody who is more familiar with these pieces can help you better - maybe after Christmas.

Christian

 

I notice the font on that coin is 6 Flechas. Looks like you pretty much pinpointed it. Very good! I was'nt finding anything in my Krause world coin book since it only dates from 1901.

 

Thank for the help!

I appreciate the help! No other coin forums page knew what it was. I did not have anything on it, because my coin book starts at 1901. I guess I will have to get the 1801 to 1900, unless you think that is older than that? Thanks for the sites chrisild.

 

I found out that this coin is probably over 500 years old. Where could I find the value of it?

 

Try some Spanish catalougues !

 

I do not have a scanner, so that is about as good of picture as I can get. My

scale is digital and it weighs in 2 gram increments. The scale reads 6

grams. The diameter of the coin is 24mm, but shows signs of being worn

down.

 

The coin exact wieght is 5.8 grams. Here are some more pictures. These might be better. I hope the coin is real, but if not why do they make replicas?