Spanish “Piece of Eight” (8 Reales), Bolivia Mint, Silver Cob Coin – 1753 – Spanish Empire Cheap Sale 100% Original

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: New Spain (Spanish Empire)
• Authority: King Ferdinand VI
• Date: 1753
• Denomination: AR (silver) 8 reales, also known as a “Piece of Eight” or “Spanish Silver Dollar”
• Mint: Potosi, Bolivia
• Size: 37.27mm, 27.14g
• Obverse: Cross Potent, with lions and castles in spaces, inside partial tressure. Mint and assayers mark flanking cross. Denomination “8” above, and three digit date below inside roped border with legend of king surrounding.
• Reverse: Pillars of Hercules rise above rising waves with a banner across reading “PLVS VLTRA”. Mint marks in upper left and lower right of pillars, and assayers marks upper right and lower left. Denomination “8” at top between the pillars’ Fluer de Lis, just below the crown. Three digit date between the pillars just above the rising waves. All inside a roped style border, with legend surrounding.

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