1755 Spanish "real" (complete "piece of eight") with obscured crown on one side, pillars on obverse with Hispania and King Phillip reference.
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1755
Coin
Metal
Stamped
Manhattan, Beekman Street between Pearl Street, Front Street and Water Street
View Site2006 - 2007
Project area is along the East River on Beekman Street between Pearl and Front Streets. Four major discoveries on site included a storeroom foundation at 52 Queen Street likely dating to the late 18th/early 19th centuries, wooden water mains, ...
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At approximately two meters and ten centimeters (approximately 7 feet) below the surface and one half meter north of the present-day sidewalk, cut granite stones in a regular pattern were uncovered. Further excavation revealed these to be the remnants ...
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