I am a student at SUNY Maritime researching a coin in my possession. My father tells me it was found near the Cayman islands, i did some research and believe it is a Spanish Colonial Silver Reales Coin(Pillar type) If anybody can help with a possible shipwreck it would be found on it would be...
Got out to a favorite old park yesterday for the first time this year. Things started out quite slow as we were trying some different spots in the woods. First spot only pulled a couple of wheaties and the second spot had memorials and pull tabs 6" down. Not much to find. Headed out for more...
My brother picked this coin at our job's parking lot and as he was about to toss it, I said WAIT! I looked at it and I said to him this might be a silver reales, he looked at it and didn't cared for it so he gave it to me. The real question is: what can it be? I know it's unidentifiable but...
I am guessing this is a fantasy piece, but I could use an opinion on this one. Weight is 15.7 grams and diameter is 40.57mm at the widest point (not including the bail).
Thank you very much for your thoughts.
~Nate
I know very little about coins. My memories of these specimen are hazy, considering I got them 15-20 years ago at approximately 10 years old.
Here's what I THINK we're looking at.
1. Eight 4-reale coins, found by me on a dig with my grandmother and her cohort in the Tampa Bay area. I...