Cut pistareen!

[MikeyTwoTimes]

Philip V cut 2 reale. I got the "17", wish I had the last two numbers! Still pretty exciting for me.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Great find! Still looking for my first cut silver after ten years of detecting...

 

[MasonDixonMding]

Very nice! They are so small but when you see that shape come out of the ground you know you got something good.

 

[fastfrank]

Dream find!!Extremely Cool!

 

[Pete e]

Very interesting Find..Spanish reales com up from time to time in the UK, and it definately a coin on my bucket list..
Re cut coins in general, I have always wondered whether silver coins deliberately cut at the mint for circulation or did folks cut them while in circulation?

Also historically were silver coins clipped much in the America's?

 

[IDXMonster]

Definitely a dream find! She’s a beauty Mikey!

 

[cellrdwellr]

Still looking for my first fractional Spanish as well. I have found fractional coppers oddly enough though. EXCELLENT find!

 

[hoser]

Awesome find for sure. Maybe one day!

 

[markinswpa]

Philip V cut 2 reale. I got the "17", wish I had the last two numbers! Still pretty exciting for me.

Congrats on the cut silver. A bucket list save for sure. Well done. Mark

 

[MikeyTwoTimes]

Congrats on the cut silver. A bucket list save for sure. Well done. Mark

Thanks Mark! I've been fortunate to dig three pieces of Spanish silver, this being my oldest coin (piece). I love this hobby!

 

[MikeyTwoTimes]

Very nice! They are so small but when you see that shape come out of the ground you know you got something good.

I'd found an 1/8 of a Charles III back when I first started detecting (December '22). For a fleeting second I thought it was just a piece of modern sheet metal LOL. Glad I took a closer look! It wasn't even down deep.

 

[MikeyTwoTimes]

Very interesting Find..Spanish reales com up from time to time in the UK, and it definately a coin on my bucket list..
Re cut coins in general, I have always wondered whether silver coins deliberately cut at the mint for circulation or did folks cut them while in circulation?

Also historically were silver coins clipped much in the America's?

Good question, re: cut at the mint. Seems like a good possibility. From my research, Spanish silver was used all the way up through the mid-1800s in the U.S. Silver was silver and its weight was its value, if that makes sense.

 

[Sorthious]

What a cool find, congrats!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Beautiful !!

 

[Wolf-Dog]

Sweet find for sure! Nice dig.

 

[EmuDetector]

great find. like another user, i thought my first one was a cut piece of tin too. now im up to 6! still cant find a whole one

 

[markinmichigan]

Wow just WOW, good for you and what a great find.

Mark in Michigan