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Message:: [QUOTE="hobbyist, post: 1254957, member: 11221"]Hi guys. I hope someone here can help me decide what to do with this piece, and tell me the value, too. I bought this piece in 2007 in northern Philippines from a native woman. They used 2 reales coins to make a musical instrument they call a 'wedding shaker'. edited I don't know the coin values. Should I remove the coins from the string? I really don't want to do that because I find this really unique. [ATTACH]135366.vB[/ATTACH] I have posted close up photos of the individual coins on this site <a href="http://s1183.photobucket.com/albums/x479/coinhunk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1183.photobucket.com/albums/x479/coinhunk/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://s1183.photobucket.com/albums/x479/coinhunk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1183.photobucket.com/albums/x479/coinhunk/" rel="nofollow">http://s1183.photobucket.com/albums/x479/coinhunk/</a>.   The coins are the following:[FONT=&amp]-- all 2 Reales coins, except for 1 piece 1 real coin.[/FONT]  [FONT=&amp]1773 Mexico FM (Inverted), Carolus III[/FONT]   [FONT=&amp]1779 Potosi PR, Carolus III[/FONT]   [FONT=&amp]1807 Limae JP, Carolus IIII[/FONT]  [FONT=&amp]1785 Limae MI, Carolus III [/FONT][FONT=&amp]– is this MI or MJ?[/FONT]  [FONT=&amp]17[/FONT][FONT=&amp]9[/FONT][FONT=&amp]7 Limae IJ, Carolus IIII [/FONT][FONT=&amp]– holed directly on ‘9’ but tail indicates it’s a ‘9’[/FONT]  [FONT=&amp]1787 Mexico FM, Carolus III[/FONT]  [FONT=&amp]1813 [/FONT][FONT=&amp]Potosi[/FONT][FONT=&amp] FJ, Ferdin VII [/FONT][FONT=&amp]– Mintmark is worn but lower silhouette says so[/FONT]  [FONT=&amp]18???[/FONT][FONT=&amp] - extremely worn, date has silhouette, a few details on back remaining. For bullion. [/FONT]  [FONT=&amp]1801 Mexico FT, Carolus IIII[/FONT]  [FONT=&amp]17[/FONT][FONT=&amp]8[/FONT][FONT=&amp]1 Mexico FF, Carolus III [/FONT][FONT=&amp]– holed directly on ‘8’ but there are no other dates with last number ‘1’ and FF assayer, thus, it must be 1781.[/FONT]  [FONT=&amp]1780 Limae MI, Carolus III[/FONT]  [COLOR=black][FONT=&amp]1786 Mexico FM, Carolus III[/FONT][/COLOR]  [B][COLOR=black][FONT=&amp]1816 [/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#C00000][FONT=&amp][COLOR=#000000]Santiago[/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=&amp]FJ, Ferdin VII[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/B][/B]  [B][B][B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=&amp]1797 Mexico FM, Carolus IIII[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/B][/B][/B]  [B][B][B][B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=&amp]1779 Mexico FF, Carolus III[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B]  [B][B][B][B][B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=&amp]1794 Limae IJ, Carolus IIII[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B]  [B][B][B][B][B][B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=&amp]180[/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#C00000][FONT=&amp]0[/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=&amp] or 1801 Mo FM, Carolus IIII [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=&amp]– last digit is worn, either an 1800 or 1801[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B]  [B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=&amp]1794 Limae IJ, Carolus IIII[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B]  [B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=&amp]1807 Limae JP, Carolus IIII[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B]  [B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=&amp]1793 Limae IJ, Carolus IIII[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B]  [B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=&amp]1774 Mexico FM, Carolus III[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B]  [B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=&amp]1797 Mexico FM, Carolus IIII [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=&amp]– 1 REAL. The only 1 Real coin in the group.[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B]  [B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=&amp]1818 Limae JP, Ferdin VII[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B] thank you guys. Hope to hear from you. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]

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