UnderMiner
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Found this Spanish pillar dollar today in the ocean. (Edit: I initially thought it to be too light to be genuine, weighing in at only 16.5 grams, but as many T-net users have pointed out, being exposed to salt water for 200+ years corrodes silver, and I can confirm the coin is much thinner than normal, likely due to this corrosion process, and so the weight reflects this accordingly.)
It was also under the sea long enough to become encrusted with sand deposits which I don't believe a base-metal alloy coin would have been able to survive long enough to be, not with the level of detail preserved as seen on this.
The edge shows the classic milling pattern of a Spanish dollar, and appeared silver after I scraped it on a nearby rock.
Here is a close up of the coin, the date is directly at the bottom and reads 1808, though very difficult to see in this picture. A T-net user also pointed out there is a notch taken out of the edge on the upper right side of the coin above the bust.
Also found a 1943 mercury dime, a 1985 Peruvian Un Inti, and about $9.40 in clad USD.
Finds from today's hunt:
It was also under the sea long enough to become encrusted with sand deposits which I don't believe a base-metal alloy coin would have been able to survive long enough to be, not with the level of detail preserved as seen on this.
The edge shows the classic milling pattern of a Spanish dollar, and appeared silver after I scraped it on a nearby rock.
Here is a close up of the coin, the date is directly at the bottom and reads 1808, though very difficult to see in this picture. A T-net user also pointed out there is a notch taken out of the edge on the upper right side of the coin above the bust.
Also found a 1943 mercury dime, a 1985 Peruvian Un Inti, and about $9.40 in clad USD.
Finds from today's hunt:
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