Here is a Pillar type 4 reale or half dollar. For whatever reason, the Spanish empire did not issue a lot of these coins, and all dates are scarce today.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
Ok, ok! I know it's over the top, but I found an App and had some time. I'll refrain.
Persuing choice countermarked coinage on 2 reales.
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Many of these coins never actually circulated. This particular coin (and 50,000 others, along with many artifacts) spent more than two hundred years underwater in the wreckage of the Hollandia, a Dutch East India Company ship. The 750-ton ship of 32 guns and a crew of 276 men, was built in 1742, and sunk on its maiden voyage June 13, 1743, with the loss of all hands. She was under sail with three other ships, and nearly through the English Channel, when rough weather caused her to get separated from the other ships, and struck Gunners Rock off Annet island, in the Isles of Scilly. This coin was recovered from the wreckage, after its discovery in 1971.
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A real 1804 silver dollar. Cool.
That is seriously cool.
We just need PCGS to give it a Chopmark straight grade
Latin American Collection
Latin American Collection
As you say Bill, those. 4 reales are tough!
Yes, very tough! They're a bit like the 1796-1797 half dollars of the United States. Not many were produced, and most have circulated extensively!
Latin American Collection
Enjoyed numismatic conversations with Eric P. Newman, Dave Akers, Jules Reiver, David Davis, Russ Logan, John McCloskey, Kirk Gorman, W. David Perkins...
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Many of these coins never actually circulated. This particular coin (and 50,000 others, along with many artifacts) spent more than two hundred years underwater in the wreckage of the Hollandia, a Dutch East India Company ship. The 750-ton ship of 32 guns and a crew of 276 men, was built in 1742, and sunk on its maiden voyage June 13, 1743, with the loss of all hands. She was under sail with three other ships, and nearly through the English Channel, when rough weather caused her to get separated from the other ships, and struck Gunners Rock off Annet island, in the Isles of Scilly. This coin was recovered from the wreckage, after its discovery in 1971.
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