War of 1812 (sidewalk constuction)!!!

[Diggincoinz]

I only had a few finds, but I ain't complaining one little bit! Sidewalk construction... gotta love it!
It blew my mind to dig up a peice from the War of 1812, plus some other silvers shown here. A couple wheaties and one 1897 Indain Head cent not shown in pics.
So I have to wonder, if the War of 1812 had not pass thru my little town, would this have been here to begin with? Who know, who cares, it's mine now!

Chris

 

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[Diggincoinz]

Okay everyone, I know... it's CONSTRUCTION not constuction! And PIECE of War. See it's like this... it's really early morning and I should be in bed sleeping at 1:12am and I don't have my glasses on either, it's really tough typing like this!

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Those are crazy nice finds!! Congratulations!!

Keep up the good work and HH!!

 

[Getty]

Those are excellent finds ,WTG!!!!

 

[Klaatu]

Very cool coin.

The War of 1812 was fought from 1812 through early 1815. The 1812 coin you found has more wear than I would expect from 3 years of circulation so I doubt it was dropped by a combatant. Unless someone else found it and put it back into circulation before somebody punched that hole in it to hang around their neck.

Still, you have to wonder how that English coin got over here.

A very interesting find.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Excellent finds! Would the Spanish coin be called a Reale? HH, Mike

 

[Masonlid]

Klaatu,the fella who wore it may have rubbed it down that much.I would be nervous too if I was in a war

 

[Masonlid]

Awesome finds!

 

[bigrig40]

killer finds!great condition as well.wtg!!!

peace,bigrig

 

[lonewolfe]

Cool coins,

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[Huntin' 59er]

Well, no matter how you spell it, those were great finds ! Congrats and keep on diggin' !

Huntin' 59er

 

[Kansas]

Excellent find Dig !
~Kansas~

 

[allen]

those are some awesome looking silver coins. keep on digging !!!

 

[sidly]

nice coins, should be other areas holding them for you in your town.

 

[DugHoles]

You lucky dog!!! Gotta love sidewalk construction. Superb finds!!!

GL & HH,

Dugholes

 

[wingman]

hole or no hole,love the 1812
HH
wing

 

[Mona Lisa]

Wow, Diggin, Those are great finds. Congratulations.

Did you know you can modify your posts after you post them. It took me a while to figure it out. Now I go back and fix almost every post I submit cuz I find mistakes! Just click on modify when you view your post.

 

[comfyinvermont]

Hey Diggin, you may have a rare real there. Most reals from this time come from Mexico City, and should have the letter M with a small zero over it. Also the assayers in 1812 were Jaoquin Davila Madrid and Jose Garcia Ansldo. There should be the letters JJ right where the hole is on the reverse. I see an R there, which could mean Guadelajara, which is quite rare. Can you tell me what the letters on the reverse read after the word REX. and I can give you a better idea of where it was minted and what the value might be. Thanks and congrats...Lance

 

[bk]

I don't think anyone on the forum will care if your spelling is a little off. Its probably because you're still shaking after finding those nice coins.
I just got back from hunting another sidewalk project too but haven't posted yet because I just got home, and its too dark out to take the pictures.
Just think, those coins would have been covered up again for good if you had not found them when you did.
Thanks for posting.

BK

 

[Diggincoinz]

Thanks guys for all the info and reply's. Oh yeah, you bet I was excited a bit when I turned up the 1812 silver and with what Comfyinvermont is telling me here, I'm getting even more so.

Hey Thanks Haupin for the inside advise about fixing my forums, no doubt I'll be using it!

Comfyinvermont, you're my man now! Here's what you're looking for... hook me up with some good news buddy! ...
There's no letter M with a number 0 over it, it's the letter R.

The letter's after REX are either:
N.R.IR (hole).P
N.R.1R(hole).P ........ can't really determain if it's a number 1 or letter I.
I'll try a blown up pic of the reverse if it doesn't get distorted.

Searching the net, I did figure it was minted in Mexico but that's all I got out of it. I can't seem to find exactly the coin that I have here with PERDND.VII whoever he is?