The Talbotton New Era

Thursday, December 24, 1903 Page 7

Old Coin December 24 1903

Old Coin We have a Spanish coin which we got from Mr. J.D. Marshall dated 1709 and made in the time of Charles IIII, of Spain. It was found in a field five miles north of Talbotton and was probably lost there during the Spanish occupancy of this part of Georgia before Oglethorpe organized the colony of Georgia. It will be remembered that Oglethorpe had a fight with the

Spaniards a few years after he settled at Savannah in 1733. If this old coin could talk it would probably tell a curious tale of Spaniards and Indians. On one side is written, “Carobus IIII Dei Gratia (Charles IV by the grace of God) and on the other, “Hispan et Ind. Rex” (probably King of Spain and the Indies).

Transcribed by Carla Miles cmhistory@mchsi.com

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