IS THIS A COPPER COB?

[CRUSADER]

cica 24mm

dated 16?0 might be 1610??

Any ideas

Found today on land in the UK

 

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[CRUSADER]

3.67g - does this help?

 

[CRUSADER]

I would say it is a 8 Maravedis. I weighed some of mine and I found an 8 that weighs 3.7 grams
Grubby

Thanks, I can label it now. Just cracked open a bottle of wine

 

[BuckleBoy]

Excellent find, Crusader! I've never found any copper Spanish coins--only a few silver ones. Great coin in excellent condition. What type of acid do you use to clean them Grubby, and what strength?

Enjoy your wine,

Buckleboy

 

[romeo-1]

That is a great find! Banner material.

 

[Mackaydon]

Color looks silver.
Could it be a one or two (silver) reales from Phillip III?
Don..

 

[CRUSADER]

Color looks silver.
Could it be a one or two (silver) reales from Phillip III?
Don..

Its just the shine from the camera flash. Its Copper.

 

[SimonLakeSub]

Great find !!! MARAVEDIS, These coins were the first coins minted in the new World (SANTO DOMINGO) And date back to the mid 1500s.

Regards Simon...

 

[Mackaydon]

Actually, the 'maravedis' was originally a gold coin, and not Spanish, who only took the name in Spanish of the gold dinars of the Almaravids. (Almoravid ruled between 1088 and 1145).

 

[diggerfororo]

I would say it is a 8 Maravedis. I weighed some of mine and I found an 8 that weighs 3.7 grams
Grubby

I agree grubby. Looks like a Philip IIII 1621-1665 The numeral looks faint but I think it is a IIII
Spain was bankrupt at this time and produced some really poor coinage. I think they even debased the copper because the ones I have found are in bad bad shape.

Les