1/2 real found in Colombia.. Identification help needed

[perdidogringo]

Hi Cob Experts,

This cob was found this past weekend at a Spanish colonial site in Colombia. Looks to be the size of a 1/2 real. Any idea of the origin/approximate date? Thank-you in advance!

 

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[Mackaydon]

Philip V
Weight will aid in determining denomination.Start with 27.4 for an 8R.
Don......

 

[perdidogringo]

Just weighed this cob- exactly 1.6 grams, which seems to indicate a 1/2 reale.

 

[Mackaydon]

My WAG is Phiilip II Potosi
Don.....

 

[perdidogringo]

You know a heck of a lot more about cobs than I do, Machaydon, but I tend to lean toward your first guess, the Philip V since it's dates perfectly with the old settlement (it was populated from the mid/late 1600s to about 1872). Whereas the Philip II is 1500s, correct?

 

[Mackaydon]

P II=1556-1598
BTW,here's one of my favorites:

I first heard this in PV, MX in the mid 60s-- on a rainy night in a hacienda setting.
One trumpet player went overboard by standing in the street IN THE RAIN to do his part while the other one played from the kitchen.
Great memory; thanks,
Don...

 

[perdidogringo]

Awesome! I love Mexico. I studied for a semester in Queretaro, Mexico in the early 1990s. Great colonial city. This was the big hit that summer:

 

[Trez]

I see (partial) date...its there.
Philip V (second period) WAG

Solid.

 

[Mackaydon]

IF P- V, second period, then coin minted between 1724 and 1746.
I defer to Trez's younger eyes (and his expertise) to see any date.
Don......

 

[Trez]

https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=1311&category=27233&lot=1206730
The bottom leg of the L stops...doesn't extend past the V. Thus is why I say possibly second period?
I'm working on the date you can see the tops of them...1627 is my guess
My younger eyes Don, that's funny...
its a tricky coin to positive ID.
Trez

 

[perdidogringo]

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https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=1311&category=27233&lot=1206730
The bottom leg of the L stops...doesn't extend past the V. Thus is why I say possibly second period?
I'm working on the date you can see the tops of them...1627 is my guess
My younger eyes Don, that's funny...
its a tricky coin to positive ID.
Trez

I assume you meant to type 1727?

 

[Trez]

Yes...
See my eyes are off a 100 years