Spanish Piece of 8 - Help!!

[pcolaboy]

Could use some help identifying this Spanish Piece of 8 I found today. The Spanish occupied our area between 1698 and 1821 so I'm assuming that it's dated somewhere in there. I would particularly like to know where this type was minted and when.






Thanks in advance,

Pcola

 

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[BuckleBoy]

Nice Pistareen! I'm guessing it's from the reign of Philip V (1700-1745). Here's an example of an earlier coin...(note that the letter "U" is Roman style and it is not a match to yours). The ones from the time period mentioned above are, however, a match. I'm sure someone else can narrow down the date range from the assayer's initials--which are partly visible--but I'm not the man for that job.




-Buckleboy

 

[LadyDigger]

I would say early 1700's....here's a link....enjoy.

Nice find....a friend recently found one cut like that too....

http://www.numismatics.org/cnl/Pistareens.pdf

Annmarie

 

[pcolaboy]

Thanks for the great replies everyone! Hope to find some gold escudos next

Pcola

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Nice

 

[txkickergirl]

really nice

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Did you see that Thats a very nice coin