Help Identifying Coin, Possibly English.

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Jimshakes New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 02/24/2016 6:05 pm Hi, About 20 yrs ago I found a coin and I've searched through the internet but can not identify it. Can you take a look at the pictures and let me know your thoughts? I can take more in the daytime light tomorrow if it helps too... Thanks Jimmy * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Edited by Jimshakes 02/24/2016 6:10 pm Report this Post to the Staff

philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 02/24/2016 6:28 pm Welcome! The second pic legend reads D G REX ET REGINA CAST, for the "Reyes Catolicos," Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. And beneath the stylized yoke I think we can make out the B mintmark for the Burgos mint. Half-real denomination? Edited by philadelphian 02/24/2016 6:53 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Dennman Valued Member Canada 496 Posts	Posted 02/24/2016 7:00 pm Quite a few features are similar to a Ferdinand Isabella 1/2 reale of 1474-1504 Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/24/2016 11:11 pm to the community I'm moving this over to the Ancient/Medieval coin section for more comments. Report this Post to the Staff
Jimshakes New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 02/25/2016 02:46 am Thanks for your help! With the info you provided I searched and it indeed appears to be a half reale from Ferdinand & Isabella. It seems there are a few slightly different designs. I'm now going to investigate how it ended up in an old grotto in Bristol (UK). Thinking about it more it was about 24 yrs ago that I found it & it's great to have a childhood mystery solved. Thanks for the help! Report this Post to the Staff
Athalbert Pillar of the Community Spain 629 Posts	Posted 02/25/2016 6:42 pm The gold and silver coinage of Elisabeth and Ferdinand were well valued in all europe due to his hight content of fine metal. For this reason they were struck years after the death of them by their daughter "Juana la loca" (Jane the mad woman), his son in law "Felipe el hermoso" (Philip the cute) their grand son Carlos I (Charles I) and their grand grand son Philip II. Its not unusual to find these coins in all Europe... Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34428 Posts	Posted 02/25/2016 7:42 pm Agreed. A half-Real should be about 21 mm in diameter. I'm having trouble distinguishing the privy mark, but the attribution in Clemente and Cayon is somewhere between 2405 and 2415. C&C 2415 would be no privy mark. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
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