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Message:: [QUOTE="satootoko, post: 35188, member: 669"]Hi Adam.  Welcome to the forum.The top coin appears to be a silver Mexican 2 Reales of Ferdinand VII, KM#92, described as an "armored bust" obverse, with the typical Mexico City Mint's pillars, shield and crown reverse.  I don't collect Spanish Colonials, and can't explain the "F I" initials following the denomination on the  reverse.  According to the Krause 19th Century Standard Catalog of World Coins, there was no 19th Century assayer who used an "I" initial, and the "F" belongs to an assayer who went out of office in 1803. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />   An 1811 should have an HJ, TH, or combination of both. If genuine it should be about 27mm wide, struck from 6.77g of .903 silver (.1965 oz. ASW), with a retail catalog value in the $15-150 range in that condition. The bottom coin is a common Chinese cash coin. Your top picture (which is upside down) is the obverse, and the bottom (which needs to be rotated 90 degrees to the right) is the reverse.  This type of brass coin was cast for well over a thousand years.  Sorry, but I don't read the characters well enough to find it in Fisher's Ding, the most comprehensive English language reference book on cash coins.  I recently acquired a copy and I'm just not very proficient at using it yet.[/QUOTE]