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| Early Peru 1/4 Real from Stacks Bowers 2024 Auction. |
I don't think I've ever found a cuartillo (1/4 real). That isn't surprising. They are small, and they were used for local commerce and pocket change rather than being shipped as bullion. I have found some pieces that were small enough, but there wasn't enough detail to identify the denomination. Nonetheless, they do exist and could possibly be found. As you can see, this one sold for almost $4000.
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| Other Side of Cuartillo Shown Above. |
Here is the link for an auction that included numerous Spanish Colonial cuartillos sold at a Stack's Bowers auction in 2024.
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Here is what Warren D. said about 1715 Fleet silver lion find that I mentioned a few days ago.
I believe the lion figure may have a connection to Germany. During the colonial period of New Spain under Hapsburg rule there was a German/Austrian connection to silver mining in Mexico and Peru.
That is a good article about silver mining in Mexico and Peru. Check it out.
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So here we are. Almost 2025. A few days ago, it seems, I was doing the first post of 2024. I've done this New Years thing about eighty times now. Can you imagine? I can't remember them all. In fact, I remember very few of them. I know what I often did on New Years, in general, but not a lot of specific New Years memories. My family never made New Years a big thing. We weren't into New Years parties or fireworks or anything. Just wasn't a big holiday for us.
Overall, 2024 wasn't the best year for beach metal detecting. It wasn't bad. There were some finds, but not a huge year.
Looking back over the top (most read) posts of the year, six were from October when we had Milton. Three of the top ten posts were done in February and one was from November.
October/November have been among the best beach detecting months in recent years.
My old treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com site continues to get hundreds or thousands of views daily.
Here are the top ten most read treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com posts for 2024
About half of those posts are also on the all-time top ten most-read posts of that site.
We still have some good beach detecting months coming up. December through March usually provides some weather and erosion before the summer conditions begin.
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The surf is only one to two feet today. Maybe a little higher by Saturday.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net