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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 7487960, member: 12789&quot;]They used to be very looked down upon in the collecting realm.&nbsp; I found an 8 reales in a junk bin at a coin dealer one time and he let me buy it for what at the time was melt value - $5:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1295226[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin clearly demonstrates a cross-Pacific trade that is oft overlooked in modern history - the Spanish in Mexico were trading with the Chinese in Asia and paid for their goods in 8 reales coins that then traded in China for decades afterwards.&nbsp; Porcelain wares, cutlery etc were the goods they were purchasing and then transporting to Mexico and then onto Spain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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