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[Frankyg]

I found this cut half coin in a field near Moelfre on the coast of Anglesey North Wales in the UK. It is a 20 Reis coin Of Pedro 2nd from Brazil dated around 1868. I made a thorough search but there was no sign of the other half. So how did a 150 year old half coin end up there? There's got to be a good story there somewhere. For hundreds of years, ships sailing from South America to Britain would head for the port of Liverpool and would anchor in the bay near Moelfre to await a pilot boat from around the village of Moelfre to guide them in to Liverpool's docks. This continues to this day and there are usually about a dozen ships waiting in the bay at any one time. As you can imagine, there was a thriving smuggling trade over the years and local legend has it that two strangers meeting could sometimes present two matching halves of a coin as proof of identity if such proof was ever required, if you catch my drift....

 

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[invent4hir]

Cool find. Agree, finding something is only part of the fun. Envisioning its history - is priceless.

 

[cudamark]

I found this cut half coin in a field near Moelfre on the coast of Anglesey North Wales in the UK. It is a 20 Reis coin Of Pedro 2nd from Brazil dated around 1868. I made a thorough search but there was no sign of the other half. So how did a 150 year old half coin end up there? There's got to be a good story there somewhere. For hundreds of years, ships sailing from South America to Britain would head for the port of Liverpool and would anchor in the bay near Moelfre to await a pilot boat from around the village of Moelfre to guide them in to Liverpool's docks. This continues to this day and there are usually about a dozen ships waiting in the bay at any one time. As you can imagine, there was a thriving smuggling trade over the years and local legend has it that two strangers meeting could sometimes present two matching halves of a coin as proof of identity if such proof was ever required, if you catch my drift....

I had the same questions and wonders about my 1827 Brazilian 40 Reis cut coin that I found in a farmer's field east of Colchester England. Notice the strange shaped cut on this coin. You may correct in thinking it might be an I.D. confirmation when two smugglers meet to exchange goods. It sounds just as likely as anything else I can think of to explain how such a coin in this condition could have made it half way around the world 200 years ago and ended up in a rural field.

 

[EQ8]

When our economy finally collapses, we'll be cutting silver coins in half too.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Our friend, Frankyg, came up with the perfect story,
~ a smuggler's "password"...!
I love it!
Hey, that one coin could be in a movie someday, as part of the plot...! Right??