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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mit26chell, post: 1158915, member: 27402&quot;]Hey guys,</p><p>Was looking through some customer rolled pennies I purchased from Wells Fargo last week and out came this little coin, silver in color, roughly the size of a dime. It&#039;s very worn, but I can make out on one side the word &#039;Hispano&#039; around the edge, and on that same side of the coin, what looks to be the coat of arms in the center. On the flip side I can make out some letters - either a &#039;B&#039; or &#039;C&#039;, &#039;A&#039;, &#039;R&#039;, &#039;O&#039;, &#039;L&#039;, &#039;U&#039;... after that it&#039;s not legible, and then there are Roman Numerals - III. On that same side, at the bottom edge, I&#039;m pretty sure I can just barely make out &#039;1799.&#039; </p><p><br /></p><p>I did a Google search for &#039;1799 Hispano Coin&#039; and oddly enough a page from a book on Google Books came up, with a description of a coin that looks like it fits what I found (with the exception of maybe the size):</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;The following paragraph appeared in the Torquay Directory, newspaper:— &quot;A Spanish coin, above&nbsp; the size of a five shilling piece, was picked up by a workman last&nbsp; Sunday morning [Feb. 18th, 1877], on Torre Abbey Sands [near Torquay].&nbsp; It bore the Spanish Arms and the word &#039;Hispano&#039; on one side, and &#039;Carolus III. 1759 (or 1799), Dei Gratia,&#039; on the other. John Stevens who was employed in the </i><i>Directory office, saw the workman pick up the coin, which&nbsp; appeared to be of a yellowish metal. When the soil with which it was&nbsp; encrusted was removed, it was noticed that the obverse represented a&nbsp; head, much like one of the Georges, with the words around it&#039; Carolus&nbsp; III. Dei Gratia.&#039; On the reverse was a kind of arch and gateway, with&nbsp; the word &#039;Hispano&#039; over it, and the figures &#039;1759&#039; or &#039;1799&#039; beneath.&nbsp; Stephens is doubtful whether the tens digit was 5 or 9, but Davey feels&nbsp; certain that it was 9; and as they are both positive that the Roman&nbsp; numeral after the king&#039;s name was MI, not III, there can be no doubt&nbsp; that the date was 1799, as Charles IV. of Spain reigned from 1788 to 1808. (J. T. W.)&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>Here are some photos - the 1943 Canadian penny was also in one of the rolls, but it&#039;s in these pics to give an idea of the size</p><p>[ATTACH]120255.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]120256.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]120257.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]120258.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d love to know what this coin is if anyone has any clue <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Thanks guys.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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