Some Finds For $13.00

I went looking today for antique bottles for my ever growing bottle collection. I hit some antique shops and flea markets and had no luck finding anything new to bring home. I did run across these three coins for $13.00. I have some colonial coppers and thought they would fit in with my 1700's collection. The description on the price tag said that these were spanish and silver. Thats all I know about them. What are these coins called ? Are they silver?
Are they worth $13.00?

They look good to me, but what do I know?
I'd have given $13 for 'em.

Scott

Hey Undertaker those are reales. So they are spanish and silver if they are real, and they look like they are. Looks like the big one is an 8 reale, the miidle one looks like a 2 reale and the last one a 1. I could be wrong but thats what they look like to me. A good deal for 13 bucks. Congrats

the 8R ( 1797 -- 8 reale is a mexico mint -- M with tiny o mint mark  with F and M as the mint inspectors (assayers) ($20) ---- ( 1781-- mintmark is  (bogota , columbia)--rare* ( N R)  value is 1 R ( 1 reale) and J-J are the assayers ) ($90) --- the 1784 is a 1/2 real (R only) -- ME (peru) mint mark --with M and I as the assayers ($10)--- the e in reale is only used if above 1 in value .

if real they are spanish they are about 90% silver and a very good buy at $13 since the lowest book value in G grade is $120 bucks  --warning "made in china" fakes are commonly found at flea markets --they look very real but often their magnetic (silver is not) or the weight is way off what a real one should be ( being their not made of the correct metal)

Thanks for the great information. I did check to see if they were magnetic and they are not. Although I have no weigh scales they feel right for silver coins. I didn't realize that they made copys of these types of coins but I did see a copy of the 1797 8R on Ebay. I think I got lucky when the dealer either didn't no what the values were or mismarked them by leaving a zero off the price. Were these coins ever in circulation during the colonial times, along with fugio's, nova constellatio's and other colonial coppers?