1816 Half Reale

[dirt doctor]

Tonight I found my oldest coin ever an 1816 One Half Reale . At a location I and others have hunted to death for years . It was in a spot worn away by erosion . It was not much more than an inch deep . I was using an F-75 . One reason it may never have been found is because there is lots of trash there and an underwater metal drainage pipe nearby .
H H ,
George

 

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[dave in iowa]

wow grreat find .

 

[jorge del norte]

nice find...........george

,jorge

 

[Wasabi]

That is a spectacular find,
The Fisher F75 is one hot machine.

Rob

 

[Goldiver]

8) OOOH....very nice one! 8)

Steve

 

[goldencoin]

excellent find

HH
-GC

 

[jgas]

That's a beaut!!! jgas

 

[tymcmurray]

That is a beauty!!
Welcome to Tnet!

 

[EARTHWORKS]

Great find!

 

[windrun]

VERY AWESOME!

Richard

 

[IAsoldier]

Nice coin HH

 

[Iron Patch]

That looks very crude. Possibly a great counterfeit!

Comments?

 

[weasel606]

Fantastic find dirt doctor congrats ! its a beautie

 

[BuckleBoy]

That looks very crude. Possibly a great counterfeit!

Comments?

I agree.


And an Excellent Find.

 

[Felinepeachy]

That is an awesome find. Good for you!!

 

[Iron Patch]

You should definitely post this under the Spanish Cob category to get some experienced opinions. This I am quite sure it isn't just your average 1/2 reale, it's better. The bust is nothing close to what it should be, and the coin is very crude over all. I apologize in advance if I'm wrong but this looks very good to me. (I like counterfeits)

If not counterfeit (it does look silver) I'm also interested in the explantion why it looks that way.

 

[dirt doctor]

That looks very crude. Possibly a great counterfeit!

Comments?

I agree.


And an Excellent Find.

Wow , that never even crossed my mind . I have never seen a Reale ( or even a picture of one in good shape ) . Maybe it was minted by a drunken Spaniard and possibly is still a real Reale . I'll have to seek out the wisdom of some experts and hopefully they wont be drunk . So I guess we can say with all certainty that I found my first "maybe Reale" . Whatever it turns out to be It has shown me a lot of joy so far . Thanks for your input .

H H ,
George

 

[Iron Patch]

That looks very crude. Possibly a great counterfeit!

Comments?

I agree.


And an Excellent Find.

Wow , that never even crossed my mind . I have never seen a Reale ( or even a picture of one in good shape ) . Maybe it was minted by a drunken Spaniard and possibly is still a real Reale . I'll have to seek out the wisdom of some experts and hopefully they wont be drunk . So I guess we can say with all certainty that I found my first "maybe Reale" . Whatever it turns out to be It has shown me a lot of joy so far . Thanks for your input .

H H ,
George

Either way you can't lose George, it can only get better.

 

[romeo-1]

Nice find! For what it's worth that is a half real as apposed to a half reale. Reale with an "e" is the plural...

 

[dirt doctor]

Nice find! For what it's worth that is a half real as apposed to a half reale. Reale with an "e" is the plural...

Thanks Romeo , Non se habla Espanol I'm learning quite a lot here .