1870 Silver ½ Décimo from Chili

[Dave8472]

Following on from my Irish coin found yesterday I realised I never posted this one up from 28th Jan this year

How does a coin from Chili end up in North Essex ?

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https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces35385.html

Dave

[KevinB]

Good question....If only coins could talk!!!!!.....154 years old and still looks great. Would you clean it a bit more or leave as is???.....Nice find, what next??... We never know!....

[Phil2401]

Very nice condition and as you say unexpected, well found! There was a lot of trade between us and Chile at the time though (particularly fertiliser importing), so not entirely surprising.

Phil

[Dave8472]

Very nice condition and as you say unexpected, well found! There was a lot of trade between us and Chile at the time though (particularly fertiliser importing), so not entirely surprising.

Phil

Thanks for that Phil, I didn't know that

Dave

[Dave8472]

Good question....If only coins could talk!!!!!.....154 years old and still looks great. Would you clean it a bit more or leave as is???.....Nice find, what next??... We never know!....

Thanks Kevin I will leave this one as found

Dave

[Phil2401]

Thanks for that Phil, I didn't know that

Dave

Yep - Peruvian and Chilean guano fertilisers were the bee's knees for farmers at the time - hence south American fertiliser bag seals also come up quite often

Phil

[Makro 2]

A superb and very interesting find...Phil's info very helpful and equally interesting as I didn't know this either

Regards.
Makro 2

[Derbyshire Hunter]

Nice little silver. I find a gentle rub with the soft rubber from a pencil always does a nice job (if you plan to clean a little).