✅ SOLVED 1805 COIN OR BUTTON ??

[DIGITMAN]

OK detected this coin or button in very old area , very hard dirt. i hit back of it while diging so owell i clean the hell out of it , Ya i know its a no no . see pix

 

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[Iron Patch]

It's quite possibly both. It looks to be a cast counterfeit, but when casting someone decide to add a shank and make it into a button.

 

[Mackaydon]

It started as a (fake?) Mexican coin; either as a 1/2R (12mm), 1R (20mm), 2R (28mm) or 4R (34 mm) depending on its diameter. Based on the image provided, it could have ended up as a button. Future pics with something beside the object to show relative size (or stating the size) would be helpful.
Don.....

 

[Mackaydon]

PS: If it's .896 fine silver, it was most likely an authentic coin, initially.
Don.....

 

[Silver Searcher]

It's quite possibly both. It looks to be a cast counterfeit, but when casting someone decide to add a shank and make it into a button.

What he said, coin buttons are always blank on the underside, at least over here they are. So I would say yours as been turned into a button, from what was once intended to be a coin.

SS

 

[Trezurehunter]

I'm with Iron Patch

 

[DIGITMAN]

ok thanks but ! I took it to a coin shop, the guy has an awesome scope plugged into his computer . showed that definitely a coin first , not a fake and has the english shield and pillers on the reverse side , is some sort of copper/bronze, is 1805 period , BUT someone tried to make it a button, so IRON PATCH is right ! IM happy because its my oldest coin i have metal detected,,, YES !! So its a SPANISH COLONIAL CAROLUS 4 REALES COIN.