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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3273086, member: 10461"]It looks OK to me on the authenticity front (though I do not profess any specialist expertise). It is of course heavily corroded, and almost certainly was sea-salvaged from a shipwreck. If the wreck provenance was known, that would add to the value a bit, though the corrosion detracts from the value significantly.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have one in my "Eclectic Box" collection:</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/oJYWOyq30B1zziI2dMPX" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/oJYWOyq30B1zziI2dMPX" rel="nofollow">Mexico (Spanish Colonial): silver 8 reales ("Pillar Dollar"), 1761-Mo-MM, Mexico City mint</a></b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1202.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb364%2Fbrg5658%2FLordM%2520Photos%2F1761_8Reales_PCGS_AU50_composite_zpsd1jcczaa.jpg&hash=789c6ef77a87e7200c8aecd1501dbe3b" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/30410618" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/30410618" rel="nofollow">PCGS AU50</a>; population 4 with 13 higher as of 11/21/2018.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/8Cq9GhCUSRaZ2LBCmK7K_30410618_large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3273086, member: 10461"]It looks OK to me on the authenticity front (though I do not profess any specialist expertise). It is of course heavily corroded, and almost certainly was sea-salvaged from a shipwreck. If the wreck provenance was known, that would add to the value a bit, though the corrosion detracts from the value significantly. I have one in my "Eclectic Box" collection: [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B][URL='https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/oJYWOyq30B1zziI2dMPX']Mexico (Spanish Colonial): silver 8 reales ("Pillar Dollar"), 1761-Mo-MM, Mexico City mint[/URL][/B] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1202.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb364%2Fbrg5658%2FLordM%2520Photos%2F1761_8Reales_PCGS_AU50_composite_zpsd1jcczaa.jpg&hash=789c6ef77a87e7200c8aecd1501dbe3b[/IMG] [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/30410618']PCGS AU50[/URL]; population 4 with 13 higher as of 11/21/2018.[/SIZE][/FONT] [IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/8Cq9GhCUSRaZ2LBCmK7K_30410618_large.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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