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<p>[QUOTE="tiag12, post: 815074, member: 18113"]<font face="Verdana">The Obverse of your coin looks a lot like the obverse of the 1739 Spanish Dollar; still looking for the reverse side for a more proper ID.</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Verdana"><font face="Verdana">The <b>Spanish dollar</b> (also known as the <b>piece of eight</b>, the <b>real de a ocho</b> or the <b>eight-real coin</b>) is a <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Silver" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Silver"><span style="color: windowtext">silver</span></a> <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Coin" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Coin"><span style="color: windowtext">coin</span></a>, worth eight <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Spanish_real" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Spanish_real"><span style="color: windowtext">reales</span></a>, that was minted in the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Spanish_Empire" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Spanish_Empire"><span style="color: windowtext">Spanish Empire</span></a> after a Spanish currency reform in 1497. It was <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Legal_tender" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Legal_tender"><span style="color: windowtext">legal tender</span></a> in the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States"><span style="color: windowtext">United States</span></a> until an Act of the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Congress" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Congress"><span style="color: windowtext">United States Congress</span></a> discontinued the practice in 1857. Because it was widely used in <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Europe" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Europe"><span style="color: windowtext">Europe</span></a>, the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Americas" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Americas"><span style="color: windowtext">Americas</span></a>, and the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Far_East" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Far_East"><span style="color: windowtext">Far East</span></a>, it became the first <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/World_currency" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/World_currency"><span style="color: windowtext">world currency</span></a> by the late 18th century. Many existing currencies, such as the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Canadian_dollar" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Canadian_dollar"><span style="color: windowtext">Canadian dollar</span></a>, <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_dollar" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_dollar"><span style="color: windowtext">United States dollar</span></a>, and the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Chinese_yuan" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Chinese_yuan"><span style="color: windowtext">Chinese yuan</span></a>, as well as currencies in <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Latin_America" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Latin_America"><span style="color: windowtext">Latin America</span></a> and the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Philippine_peso" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Philippine_peso"><span style="color: windowtext">Philippine peso</span></a>, were initially based on the Spanish dollar and other 8-reales coins. Wikipedia 2010</font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"> </font></p><p><font face="Verdana">With all the ones I have seen, the reverse so far I have yet to locate, it almost looks like a token more then actualy currency. Still looking though. </font></p><p><font face="Verdana"> </font></p><p><font face="Verdana">It is said this coin is faked a lot, an easy redo for those who know how.</font></p><p><font face="Verdana"> </font></p><p><font face="Verdana">Found one on Auction online.com, it here too is referred to as a token. This one is up for auction for $2.00.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tiag12, post: 815074, member: 18113"][FONT=Verdana]The Obverse of your coin looks a lot like the obverse of the 1739 Spanish Dollar; still looking for the reverse side for a more proper ID.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT=Verdana]The [B]Spanish dollar[/B] (also known as the [B]piece of eight[/B], the [B]real de a ocho[/B] or the [B]eight-real coin[/B]) is a [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Silver"][COLOR=windowtext]silver[/COLOR][/URL] [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Coin"][COLOR=windowtext]coin[/COLOR][/URL], worth eight [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Spanish_real"][COLOR=windowtext]reales[/COLOR][/URL], that was minted in the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Spanish_Empire"][COLOR=windowtext]Spanish Empire[/COLOR][/URL] after a Spanish currency reform in 1497. It was [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Legal_tender"][COLOR=windowtext]legal tender[/COLOR][/URL] in the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States"][COLOR=windowtext]United States[/COLOR][/URL] until an Act of the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Congress"][COLOR=windowtext]United States Congress[/COLOR][/URL] discontinued the practice in 1857. Because it was widely used in [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Europe"][COLOR=windowtext]Europe[/COLOR][/URL], the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Americas"][COLOR=windowtext]Americas[/COLOR][/URL], and the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Far_East"][COLOR=windowtext]Far East[/COLOR][/URL], it became the first [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/World_currency"][COLOR=windowtext]world currency[/COLOR][/URL] by the late 18th century. Many existing currencies, such as the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Canadian_dollar"][COLOR=windowtext]Canadian dollar[/COLOR][/URL], [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_dollar"][COLOR=windowtext]United States dollar[/COLOR][/URL], and the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Chinese_yuan"][COLOR=windowtext]Chinese yuan[/COLOR][/URL], as well as currencies in [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Latin_America"][COLOR=windowtext]Latin America[/COLOR][/URL] and the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Philippine_peso"][COLOR=windowtext]Philippine peso[/COLOR][/URL], were initially based on the Spanish dollar and other 8-reales coins. Wikipedia 2010[/FONT] With all the ones I have seen, the reverse so far I have yet to locate, it almost looks like a token more then actualy currency. Still looking though. It is said this coin is faked a lot, an easy redo for those who know how. Found one on Auction online.com, it here too is referred to as a token. This one is up for auction for $2.00.[/FONT][/QUOTE]
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