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Lucky Walk On The Beach - Need Help With Identification

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 Posted 04/30/2017  10:18 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Heartwellm to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I found this washed up on an OBX North Carolina beach shore. It looks to be a Peruvian escudo coin with an 8? on the back. It's in pretty rough shape but any ideas on more specific identification/value? Thanks!

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 Posted 05/19/2017  10:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MerlinAurelius to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very weird. I wonder if it is a Spanish Real?
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 Posted 05/19/2017  8:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry, but it is - or was - a "pirate treasure coin", a replica of a Spanish colonial gold "doubloon" of the kind which you can buy in bulk from pirate-themed supplies stores. which someone buried, presumably as a game with their kids. The kids didn't find this one, and the salt water hasn't been kind to the pewter.

Here's a similar example someone found on a beach in the Bahamas.
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I'm going to have to get a bag of those and take them with me next time I go to the beach. he-he.
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I'm going to have to get a bag of those and take them with me next time I go to the beach. he-he.

Or sneak a few into dealers "50 cents each" boxes at coin shows.
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