1700s Cut Spanish Today...

We hit a spot I have been researching and the pickings were slim. Then this stunner showed up..
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Nice find on the bit Calabash. .
Congrats.

Homework pays off! Good job! This is what it's all about right there.

Nice! Cut one real?

Nice find. How do you date that coin? Was it only produced in the 1700s

Nice one! That's what I like to see.

Nice. I got one yesterday too.
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kevinnc Wrote:
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> Nice. I got one yesterday too.
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Wow, that's pretty amazing, two forum members getting almost identical cut Spanish on the same day. Have you found those before?



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/28/2021 11:23PM by Badger in NH.

Woodbutcher Wrote:
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> Nice find. How do you date that coin? Was it only
> produced in the 1700s


The bits can be found in a lot of places in USA. Even in interior areas especially near navigatable waters. This is exactly where I found mine (approx 10 bits) in Tn.
They are cut so chances are a year won’t be able to be derived, but depending on size and where’s coin is cut it may be assigned a year group based on design coin bears front and back.
Te bits btw were used to ale change after using larger silver to purchase or used with other smaller bits to make purchases. You will hear the term pieces of eight. This term more associated with the Spanish dollar being cut. Sometimes in quarters or even slices of eight like a pie. Smaller denomination coins were cut too.
In my area I have found bits and a gent who used to detect actually in the area I frequently hunted have made finds dating in the 1700 and 1800 era. Imo also possible to see maybe even one 1600 era coins cut,
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/28/2021 11:43PM by tnsharpshooter.

I've found a few and a couple of whole ones. 2 Cobs also.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/28/2021 11:48PM by tnsharpshooter.

Thanks eveyone! I have found 2 cut ones and one cob...Got 3 whole ones also. The one I found today was from a 2 Reale..

tnsharpshooter Wrote:
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> Woodbutcher Wrote:
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> > Nice find. How do you date that coin? Was it onl
> y
> > produced in the 1700s
>
>
> The bits can be found in a lot of places in USA.
> Even in interior areas especially near navigatable
> waters. This is exactly where I found mine (appro
> x 10 bits) in Tn.
> They are cut so chances are a year won’t be able t
> o be derived, but depending on size and where’s co
> in is cut it may be assigned a year group based on
> design coin bears front and back.
> Te bits btw were used to ale change after using la
> rger silver to purchase or used with other smaller
> bits to make purchases. You will hear the term pi
> eces of eight. This term more associated with the
> Spanish dollar being cut. Sometimes in quarters o
> r even slices of eight like a pie. Smaller denomi
> nation coins were cut too.
> In my area I have found bits and a gent who used t
> o detect actually in the area I frequently hunted
> have made finds dating in the 1700 and 1800 era.
> Imo also possible to see maybe even one 1600 era c
> oins cut,
> [www.kingmanyachtcenter.com]
> t-is-a-piece-of-eight/

Thanks TN, I never found a cut silver and was curious if they dated only one century or not.

Calabash, your collections rival most museums by now ! Nice going.

Thanks Tom ! Looking to join the gold coin club!!