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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2780702, member: 10461&quot;]Yes, it&#039;s a <i>maravedis</i> denomination, almost certainly 17th century (i.e., 1600s), but I don&#039;t know how <i>many</i> maravedis, or have an exact attribution for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are essentially &quot;copper cobs&quot; as [USER=15019]@Numismat[/USER] said, though if I recall correctly, they were made in homeland Spain rather than at the colonial mints in the Americas.&nbsp; They&#039;re often found with really nice, sandy patina. </p><p><br /></p><p>A detecting buddy of mine dug one from the 1600s here in Brunswick, Georgia, when they were doing road work downtown on the waterfront!&nbsp; The first settler in our city had a house very near where he found that, in the 1730s, though the city wasn&#039;t really laid out until the 1770s.&nbsp; But we are situated quite near Florida, which was Spanish in those days.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diggers-diary-flashback-i-call-this-one-the-coin-1998.287817/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diggers-diary-flashback-i-call-this-one-the-coin-1998.287817/">I dug up a 1658 4-maravedis piece myself</a>, but it&#039;s a different type than yours.&nbsp; Mine was found at an old mission site on the northern end of St. Simons Island.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.aspx?search=true&amp;searchQuery=maravedis&amp;searchQueryExclude=&amp;searchCategory=0&amp;searchCategoryLevel=2&amp;searchCategoryAncient=True&amp;searchCategoryUs=True&amp;searchCategoryWorld=True&amp;searchCategoryMedieval=False&amp;searchBetween=0&amp;searchBetweenAnd=0&amp;searchDate=&amp;searchUseThesaurus=True&amp;searchDisplayCurrency=&amp;searchDisplayAsList=False&amp;searchIdStore=0&amp;searchQueryAnyWords=&amp;searchExactPhrase=&amp;searchTitleAndDescription=True&amp;searchDateType=0&amp;searchMaxRecords=100&amp;SearchOnSale=False&amp;Unassigned=False" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.aspx?search=true&amp;searchQuery=maravedis&amp;searchQueryExclude=&amp;searchCategory=0&amp;searchCategoryLevel=2&amp;searchCategoryAncient=True&amp;searchCategoryUs=True&amp;searchCategoryWorld=True&amp;searchCategoryMedieval=False&amp;searchBetween=0&amp;searchBetweenAnd=0&amp;searchDate=&amp;searchUseThesaurus=True&amp;searchDisplayCurrency=&amp;searchDisplayAsList=False&amp;searchIdStore=0&amp;searchQueryAnyWords=&amp;searchExactPhrase=&amp;searchTitleAndDescription=True&amp;searchDateType=0&amp;searchMaxRecords=100&amp;SearchOnSale=False&amp;Unassigned=False" rel="nofollow">VCoins</a> and eBay.&nbsp; You&#039;ll see &#039;em.&nbsp; They&#039;re pretty affordable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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