✅ SOLVED Help!???Colonial era Silver. Thanks

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Ive spent hours staring at it and ive spent days searching all years and dates of colonial silver,
The side with the face i beleive has the hole punched on the head, looks like a napoleon or ferdinand,
Probably best would be using the side with the ? Eagle ?to compare to other worn coins.
I think the above photos is upside down,
All the identified spanish coins are punched near the head , i think this one is likewise.
 

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Joe i think its punched at one o'clock position. Mack what coin is Mexican?
 

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BCH,
Show me or direct me to the coins you are asking: "What coin is Mexican?"
Don......
?? We dont know Don. Both myself and Joe are trying to figure out what coin you IDed as Mexican in post #4.
 

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The mystery coin looks different from different angles. I'm not sure now about the nose. It should be IDable by the writing.
 

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Ive stared at it so much i see different letters everytime i look.....
 

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BCH,
When I made my "Mexico" comment in post #4, I assumed as such since the reverse had yet to be shown.
Once the reverses were shown, other than Mexico City mint marks became apparent--as you pointed out.
The "unknown" coin remains a challenge. A pointed crest appears on many country's coins: Cuba, Portugal, Colombia, etc.
I'll keep looking.
Don.....
 

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I am 95% certain the first L of what looks like LL. Is infact E
 

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If the first L is, in fact, an E, then there is a possibility the coin is from El Salvador; and looking at their currency, they have a coin where the wreath that surrounds the crest could appear as the wings of an eagle.
Another possibility assumes the L is an E could then make the second letter a "C"; as in Ecuador.
Don.........
 

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This looks alot like it
 

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Like this also,
 

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Diameter is 25!!-27 mm! For the 1833-1836 2 real ecuador
Also silver finess is .66 !!! Lower than the spanish so that could be why it is more worn.
Coin alignment!!
 

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The side we though was a head ,
Defently 99% shure it says
El poder en la constitucion!!!!
The assayers mark is not clear to me, looke like assayers second initial was V.
 

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What do yall think!!!!!
Solved!!!!!????!!!
I think so!
 

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Somebody could search silver colonial coins from the late 1700s/early 1800s. Try Spanish, French, Porteguese, Dutch and all the Carribean/ South American colonies. I drew a line where i think is the bottom of the coin. I think its a profile of a face thats looking left and i drew an arrow pointing to the nose. It almost looks Haitian but i checked.

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Already did every country I could think of Spain Germany Portugal the Dutch does not mean I didn't miss anything
 

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The side we though was a head ,
Defently 99% shure it says
El poder en la constitucion!!!!
The assayers mark is not clear to me, looke like assayers second initial was V.

Can you post them side by side?
 

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