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Edited by harrisiv
05/27/2021 09:10 am
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Possibly a cob 8 reales of some sort, but I have very limited knowledge in this area. My guess is it would be genuine based on the appearance.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
Edited by spru
05/27/2021 09:28 am
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 Quite the find. I would leave it just as found. looks genuine to me. |
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Looks genuine to me. I agree with keeping it as is. Great find!
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If it's made of lead, it may be a seal of some sort. The fabric is not that of a coin imo. What do you see in the angles of the cross? I wouldn't try to clean it.
Edited by Kushanshah
05/27/2021 09:58 am
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It sure does look old...but the crumbly edge suggests a potmetal counterfeit contemporary with the time of usage of that and similar cob coins
an old fake....but keep looking the real ones are out there!
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So its most likely fake...any way to put this to bed and know for sure?
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Not sure, other than it is non magnetic. Has same encrustation on edges that is often found on pennies that I find. However, I do find some older 925 silver jewelry in the area with the same encrustation too. I will try and get a weight. Sick joke on a metal detectorist finding this on the beach. I guess kids could have been playing with it a long time ago and the recent rough weather and high tides lowered the beach just enough for me to find it.
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I suspect it's a lead bale (bag) seal from the Spanish colonial period, used to seal goods for shipping. Spanish would seem most likely based on the Texas coast find spot but not the only possibility. [edited]
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05/27/2021 11:09 am
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Doesn't appear to have the weight of lead...makes slight "dinging" sound when dropped on glass table. Conductivity reading on my metal detector is more consistent with copper/zinc, heavier gold, or light silver. I know that doesn't tell anyone much but that is the best I can do.
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@harris, when you say you found it on a beach, might this beach have been either on the gulf coast of Texas or Florida? I seem to remember another thread where someone found a similar piece in that geographic range.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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@Spence Found it metal detecting on beach on North Padre Island, Texas, covered in about 8" of sand.
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I hate to burst everyone's bubble, but it's not a genuine coin, and not very old. What we have here is some synthetic "pirate treasure". It's a replica "piece of eight" that someone has buried on the beach (presumably as part of a "find the pirate treasure" game) and nobody found this one - until the OP came along with a metal detector, probably several years later. Check out the pics of the coin in this old thread, which was found on a beach in the Bahamas. It's exactly the same shape, and the cross (what can be seen of it) has exactly the same dints and flaws in it. Cob coins don't have exactly the same shape, dints and flaws as each other. Your coin is badly corroded because it's not made of silver, but some base-metal (pewter or some such) that was plated. You can see the plating peeling off on the edge shot. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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