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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;droccu, post: 1531870, member: 39879&quot;]<u><b>What&#039;s it worth?</b></u></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]202821.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]202822.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><p style="text-align: center"><b>1754 Mexico Ferdnd VI, 8 reales, Spanish Colonial</b></p><p></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"></font></span><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><p style="text-align: center"><b>Silver DOS MUNDOS or PILLAR COINAGE </b></p><p></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"></font></span><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><p style="text-align: center">ABOVE IS THE ACTUAL COIN IN MY COLLECTION.</p><p></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"></font></span><b>This is a highly collectible eight reales of 1754, mint, pillar type, (&quot;different crowns&quot;)&nbsp; royal crown and imperial crown (<i>1754. México. MM. 8 reales. Columnario. <i>real - corona imperial<b>.) </b><font face="verdana">This date marks the transition between &quot;crowns alike&quot; and &quot;different crowns&quot; (this coin specimen)-</font>&quot;DOS MUNDOS or PILLAR Spanish Colonial COINAGE&quot;. </i></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><i>OVERVIEW:</i></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><i><i>M &#039;o&#039; on top&#039; (Mexico)&nbsp; - the origin or mint where the coin was struck</i></i></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><i><i>&#039;1754&#039; - the year of mintage</i></i></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><i><i>&#039;MM&#039; - assayer&#039;s initial</i></i></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><i><i>&#039;8&#039; - denomination of the coins</i></i></font></span></p><p><font face="Arial"><i><i>&#039;Ferdnd VI&#039; - the ruling monarch </i></i></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><i><i></i></i><b></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b>Design</b><span style="color: #404040">OBVERSE:the crowned Pillars of Hercules and the crowned hemispheres of the Old and New World floating on the sealegend PLUS ULTRA, which means &quot;further beyond&quot;, on the scroll the twines on the pillarsdepicted the Spanish colonial domination of both Old and New World with the latin inscription -- &quot;VTRAQUE VNUM&quot;, meaning the union of two worlds.REVERSE:the crowned Coat of Arms of Spain, along with the Latin legend &quot;FERDND-VI-D-G-HISPAN-ET- IND-REX&quot; (Ferdinand VI - By the grace of God; King of Spain and the Indies.)</span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #404040">For additional history on these types of coin, you may check out my blog on this :</span></font><b><a href="http://urightbrothers.blogspot.com/2012/09/coins-and-history-famous-pieces-of.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://urightbrothers.blogspot.com/2012/09/coins-and-history-famous-pieces-of.html" rel="nofollow">Coins and History: The famous &quot;pieces of eight&quot;- DOS MUNDOS or PILLAR COINAGE 1732 - 1772</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><font face="Arial"></font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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