Half Reale

[JohnnyMac]

Fought the strawberry flies one more time this morning..found a 1781 Half Reale in the same field RMBUTCHER got his yesterday...also found a pocket knife a cufflink 3 flat buttons and a wheatie..oh and the reale was sitting right on top and yesterday i got an 1864 IH sitting right on top too..who needs a detector?lol HH

 

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[Erik in NJ]

Congrats Johnny! That one is in great shape! Did you use aluminum foil to clean it??

 

[wvwildman]

nice finds congrats HH

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

That's a nice piece of Spanish silver right there, congrats.
ZDD

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds JohnnyMac.

 

[JohnnyMac]

Nope Erik no foil..just water..

 

[wlb42]

Johnny, love the condition of your silver 1781 Spanish Half Real.......it is amazing to find very old coins like this on or near the top of the ground, which I have also found over the last 42 years in this hobby......I found a 1556-1598 Philip II era Spanish 1/2 Real cob only 2 or 3 inches deep within 1/4 mile of an old Spanish Mission here in Florida.....I still have it and will take a picture of it and add it as my avatar......Keep up the good work....I mean FUN!!



NOTE: Yes, the proper name is "Real", for a 1/4 Real, 1/2 Real, and 1 Real......but "Reales" plural for 2, 4, 8 Reales
There is no such word as Reale when referring to Spanish Coins, but there is a Reale Family Name and a meaning in,Italian: from reale ‘royal’, either an occupational name for someone in the service of a king or a nickname for someone who behaved in a regal manner.

HH, Everyone

Bill

 

[JohnnyMac]

wlb42..I must add that the farmer just plowed these fields a few day ago bringing these to the surface

 

[rmbutcher4]

Great job Johnny! You didn't beat me yesterday but you sure did one up me today. I'll try to beat you to the next one. Congrats.

 

[Deerhunter24]

That's awesome!

 

[GTzer]

Excellent find! Did you actually eyeball it or MD it?
I've had a few IH's, Buffalos and some more recent type silver on top in the spring. I was a surface collector way before I MDed.

 

[JohnnyMac]

My detector picked this one up first..copper coins I can spot easy especially when the soil is dry..the green patina pops right out against the sugar sand

 

[mangum]

Great find! Still waiting to find my first Spanish silver. Gotta love hunting plowed fields, HH!

 

[cntrydncr1]

Excellent find!! congrats!

 

[docbars]

Congrats,that is awesome. The wife and I found 2 1/2 Reales back in early May. they are a welcomed find.

 

[Mackaydon]

Great find !
Mexico City mint and 0.9027 fine silver; hard to beat.
Don....

 

[Sooper Dave]

That is one Beautiful Half Real! Looks like you two are on an Awesome site! I hope you pull out some more great coins & relics from there!

 

[Wildcat1750]

What a super surface find and it's in great shape!

 

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[BuckleBoy]

Sweet looking Picayune!