GaryBrun
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Sun August 8, 2004 18:02
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but a hammy is a hammy 
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jkxs
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Sun August 8, 2004 18:31
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No idea Mike - but its a corker of a piccy !!
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R2tag
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Sun August 8, 2004 20:02
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Rating: 10
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I Know what this is,This Hammy comes from Spain its a Spanish Reale date s from 1474-1516 Ferdinand V, called The Catholic (1452-1516), King of Castile
The union of the Spanish kingdoms of Aragón and Castile was effected in 1469 by Ferdinand's marriage to his cousin Isabella I, Queen of Castile. Ferdinand had hoped by this alliance to obtain the Castilian crown for himself, but his high-spirited and politically astute wife firmly retained sovereign authority in her own realm. Isabella I (1451-1504), Queen of Castile, called la Católica ("the Catholic"). She was the daughter of John II of Castile and León by his second wife, Isabella of Portugal. In 1469 Princess Isabella married Ferdinand of Aragón, known also as Ferdinand V, Cracking find Mike very well done 
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Awesome ID Paul, thankyou very much youre a star!
What it was doing in a field in Notts is a mystery!!! maybe ive stumbled onto a medieval international market site  lol
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GaryBrun
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fantastic ID Taggy... if its correct . lol.
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Fantastic find Mike well done. Great ID paul.
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R2tag
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Its spot on Gary trust me I will post up a photo of what it should look like
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mbil11
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Registered: May 2002
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Hi Taggy
How can you see it is from Ferdinand V, while there is no text visible anymore. Also a lot of spanish rulers before Ferdinand V struck this coin. I think ithese coins were minted from off 1470. We find them quite often here in Holland.
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GaryBrun
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over to you Taggy... hey mike... looks like your coin is getting older now
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oooh cool, the way things are going i will have found a stater soon LOL
...seriously though-thanks guys, and i will post the reverse of the coin too to see if that helps with ID
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R2tag
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Because thats what it said in the Book I have Two m8's who have found one each & both have been ID by some else & all i did was look them up checked that it was the same as mikes went on the net checked again to make sure & posted it up. In 1971 the Book priced the coin in VF at £200.00
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Thanks R2, as for value, shame its not in mint condition LOL, I could sell it and retire to Norway LOL
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mbil11
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Thu August 12, 2004 08:35
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OK taggy, what book do you use. I have several of these reals. And they are in much better condition. They have been to an expert and i got them back with the message it was not possible to ID the ruler and mintcity anymore because there were so much types of this coin. Will have alook in one of books to see if i can see what rulers minted this coin.
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Sun August 15, 2004 01:13
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Hi,
It's correct, it's a one Real silver coin of Spain. It was issued by Emperor Charles V and his Mama, Johanna the Mad, reigning together 1516-1555 and the inscription on the coin (maybe not this baby) is FERNANDUS ET ELISABET who were Ferdinand and Isabella, Grandparents of Charles V and parents of Johanna. The insignia are the yoke and arrows, representing their (F & I) respecting houses of Castile and Aragon.
It's true they issued these coins in their names of their forebears, but that's the way it was. These coins were issued for Spain and not by Charles V in his capacity as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the german Nation. In Spain he was Charles I.
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