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Message:: [QUOTE="riddlemaster, post: 734751, member: 21524"]I dug up what I believe is a Spanish piece of eight. Dated 1736. Can make out enough details such as the lettering around the edges, that I was able to research it and verify what it is. I don't have a picture of it to put up yet, but I will attempt to take a clear one as best I can. However, in the condition it's in, you have to use a magnifying glass or hold it up at a certain angle to see certain parts clearly such as the date which has made my initial picture attempts fail to produce anything that can show the detail  clearly.  My question is, is it worth anything in such degraded condition? For example, it has an indentation in the center of one side, almost like it was stuck with a knife. Not sure if this is a natural occurrence on such a coin or if it means anything. Sorry to be so vague at the moment. It will be better when I can post a pic of it and more details of what is actually on the faces of the coin. I don't have it in front of me at the moment but there are letters and numbers ( an .8 if I recall correctly is one)  in a sort of grid on the one side and two castles and two lions? in a sort of quadrant spacing on the other side. I can read the motto which has the word Rex in it and a name and the word Hispaniola or  something like that. Any clues?[/QUOTE]