1661 Spanish Cob... Found in PA

[Tonytone1437]

Ok so my buddy and I went out today to a area thats known for King George Coppers and i Found this. Its a 1661 1 Reale Spanish Cob... It was about 9 inches Down... Thanks

 

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[bluehunter1973]

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[umrgolf]

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I think what you're seeing is "TOSI" from Potosi, upside-down.. could be wrong but I think its 1661

but to answer your question, had it been 1501, it still wouldn't have been the oldest.. people have found Ancient coins all over the US including your area

 

[Tonytone1437]

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I think what you're seeing is "TOSI" from Potosi, upside-down.. could be wrong but I think its 1661

Ok thanks Alot thats a big Help.

 

[Tonytone1437]

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Could anyone Try to grade it by the Picture and give me a Price of what you think its Worth?

 

[bookfisher]

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No matter how old it is, it's a really great cob, and a fantastic find!

 

[Iron Patch]

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Great cob! but definitely not 1501. Still over 300 years old!

 

[Iron Patch]

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Could anyone Try to grade it by the Picture and give me a Price of what you think its Worth?

Definitely worth more to you. How big is it? Looks like a 1 real (nickel in size? maybe a touch smaller)

 

[Tonytone1437]

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Could anyone Try to grade it by the Picture and give me a Price of what you think its Worth?

Definitely worth more to you. How big is it? Looks like a 1 real (nickel in size? maybe a touch smaller)

Its about the size of a Nickle i was told it was a 2 Reale but im not sure it weighs 3+ Grams. Cant give you an Exact weight my scale doesnt do decimals

 

[gwdigger]

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Its a 1 reale from potosi. The letters you read as 1501 are actually part of the lettering; PO"TOSI"

 

[adventureswithjim]

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Hey I put together a quick guide to cobs for ya...

this is a 1 reale, but I can't read the date. 1661 is entirely possible, the wave design was being produced then, it starts in 1649 () I THINK....either way not much earlier than 1661, there are 1661 examples online with the wave...the last 2 digits of date are in the square over the wave.

ANYWAYS...

also check the assayers mark, if you can match it to this list:

http://www.melfisher.com/Library/AtochaCoin/Assayer.asp

it can help narrow down the date.

BTW, killer find

 

[gwdigger]

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This coin actually has 2 dates that I can see. One of them is crystal clear, the 61 below the lions and castles is unmistakable.

 

[CRUSADER]

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16 but still on my list

 

[adventureswithjim]

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This coin actually has 2 dates that I can see. One of them is crystal clear, the 61 below the lions and castles is unmistakable.

that is true, these coins are double dated, just thought it would be useful to have a quick guide to decode the side of the with all the info.

 

[Joe88]

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Awesome find!!
Congrats!!

Joe

 

[gwdigger]

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This coin actually has 2 dates that I can see. One of them is crystal clear, the 61 below the lions and castles is unmistakable.

that is true, these coins are double dated, just thought it would be useful to have a quick guide to decode the side of the with all the info.

Appreciate the info you posted.

 

[Tonytone1437]

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The Crazy thing is I literally Loaded a New Deep Silver program that I Found last night cause the guy was Finding Silver dimes from 16 inches down with his Whites XLT so I Figured id give it a try and the Cob was about 9 inches down and my detector Screamed like it was a inch down. So im definally keeping this New Program as one of my FAVORITES. lol. Thanks alot everyone for all the Info on it. It really helped alot...
Ive been getting Pms with Offers to buy it like Crazy. If anyone else wants to Post a Offer for it let me know., my highest offer so far is $225 Shipped. Anyone wanna beat it

Again Thanks of all the Info and Good Luck digging.

 

[cntrydncr1]

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Well Tony, it might not be the OLDEST but it is one of the sweetest reales I've seen!! congrats again and nice talking to my old hunting buddy...oh, I forgot, I'm the old one! lol CONGRATS

 

[Tonytone1437]

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Well Tony, it might not be the OLDEST but it is one of the sweetest reales I've seen!! congrats again and nice talking to my old hunting buddy...oh, I forgot, I'm the old one! lol CONGRATS

LOL your not that Old. Knock it off... Ill see ya in a couple months or So hopefully. Ill be down Florida in April sometime. You should come up to PA for a Couple days when you go to the DIV....

 

[Steve in PA]

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Fantastic cob Congratulations!