Old coin found in field...

[Messick81]

My friend found this old coin laying on top of the ground while he was walking in a field.

Does anybody know anything about it?

 

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[goldnugget]

Very Interesting, can you describe some of the writing on the coin for us. Thanks==goldnugget==

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Looks like Roman numerals X and VII. All I can make out is REGI.

 

[stefen]

How about a little history such as where geographically was this farm? If in the U.S., what were the local enclaves, ie. Dutch, German, and the like.

 

[Mackaydon]

Diameter and weight?

 

[Marc(NB)]

I can be wrong but it looks like a spanish maravedis,do a search and see where it goes,great find no matter what it is

 

[Iron Patch]

I can be wrong but it looks like a spanish maravedis,do a search and see where it goes,great find no matter what it is

I was just ready to ask whether it was copper, silver, or billon.

Is that what yours is from several years back?

 

[Marc(NB)]

yep it is ,closely resemble mine,but i dont have lettering like that coin has.Mine is a crude coin ,probably an emergency mint coin.Mine is copper.

 

[Iron Patch]

yep it is ,closely resemble mine,but i dont have lettering like that coin has.Mine is a crude coin ,probably an emergency mint coin.Mine is copper.

But you have the VI stamp right?

 

[Marc(NB)]

Its actually x11 on 1 side and v1 on the other

 

[Messick81]

my daughter posted this for me today. the weight is 5.39 grams or .19 oz. the coin is almost the same diameter as a modern day 50 cent piece. i did not have a chance to look at it very much before so i will try to get more info off of it tonight,but it looks like theirs a date on it of 1654?. also to ansewer the question of where it came from. it was found in a plowed field by eye by the land owner. in the central part of delaware. i was realy shocked to see this coin. trying to talk the land owner to take a trip with me with metal detectors in hand before crops are replanted.. also the coin apears to be copper.

 

[Messick81]

the coin also has the roman num V111 on it twice like it was struck randomly on the coin. i will try some different lighting and see if i can get better photos. thanks again

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I dont know much about Maravedis but there is one on eBay.

 

[Silver Searcher]

This is a good link http://www.coins-auctioned.com/auctions/coins/ancient-spanish/ your coin might be here

SS

 

[CRUSADER]

I agree with everyone else, its a counterstamped spanish maravedis.

 

[Mackaydon]

IMO, whatever the counter-stamp (VI or VIII), the Roman figures suggests a downward reevaluation from the original value.
So what was the orig. denomination and who was the reigning king?

 

[CRUSADER]

IMO, whatever the counter-stamp (VI or VIII), the Roman figures suggests a downward reevaluation from the original value.
So what was the orig. denomination and who was the reigning king?

It denotes the then King - ie. Phillip VI

 

[Mackaydon]

So is that to the exclusion of the "VI" also representing a devaluation or is it coincidental that it may represent both; part of the king's title AND the reevaluation? Anyway, I didn't know that Spain had a Philip VI; thought P VI was French.

 

[CRUSADER]

So is that to the exclusion of the "VI" also representing a devaluation or is it coincidental that it may represent both; part of the king's title AND the reevaluation? Anyway, I didn't know that Spain had a Philip VI; thought P VI was French.

I made the name up as an example.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Looks like REGI