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Bought a Pillar Dollar today at my LCS...
ChrisH821
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and I like it a lot! NGC 61
Very cool that these and other Mexican/Spanish coins circulated in the colonies and were legal tender until 1857.
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Nice
Very nice!
ANA-LM, CWTS-LM, NBS, TAMS, ANS
I've also been looking for a nice one for my collection. Nice piece!
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Everyone should own a Pillar Dollar!
Latin American Collection
Nice coin!
Love the design I have been thinking about buying this set
That set is very cool!
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Very nice!
Awesome pick up
Is it a DDO, or are they all doubled like that?
I read somewhere that each element of the dies were punched individually. That being the case I would think it was very common to have doubling on several of the design elements. This also would explain why there are non-doubled letters next to the doubled ones.
Also of note on this coin is die clashing. See the shadow of the O under MF and the 7 next to the X. There is also some sort of artifact in the field next to the left pillar, I think from the points in the flower.
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Amazing that these exist in MS. They were made to be used.
And a Fugio, a Buffalo nickel, a CC Morgan dollar, and a $20 Saint.
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I like it a lot also.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
Yes, they were made to be used, and they were even endorsed for use in other countries. This one was counterstamped to be legal tender in Jamaica:
Now that you have Mexico City out of the way, you just need Lima, Potosi, Guatemala, Santiago and Nuevo Reino for a mintmark set. They get pretty pricey after Mexico City, Lima and Potosi!
Latin American Collection
nice i like
Very nice... I have looked at these at shows before....have not yet purchased one.....even looked at them on ebay....soon maybe. Cheers, RickO
I like it
I should start buying some of these, great looking coins with a lot of history
1791?
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Congrats on picking up a beautifully struck and well-preserved Classic Coin Design!
I always have to look twice (or more) at the dates on them to figure out what year they were minted!!
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
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1751, yeah the 5 is weird.
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Awesome!
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@Boosibri said:
Everyone should own a Pillar Dollar!
... at least for those of us caught up in the conundrum "there isn't a type of coin I couldn't love" dilemma. Check, check, check, check, and check here, though not necessarily acquired in that order.
That's where I was too, then this one popped up at the shop I frequent. I actually didn't buy it the first time I saw it but kept thinking I should have, luckily it was still in the shop when I went back about a week later.
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I got mine at a LCS and they were GLAD to "get rid" of it. PCGS VF 30 1738
Crazy! Those are NEAT coins.
Too bad they aren't more widely known outside our little world.
If I had a coin shop around, I would look... guess I better check the local antique shops... they often have some coins... usually just Morgan and Peace though... Cheers, RickO
Like @ChrisH821 mentioned, each die element was punched in individually. It was common to re-cut individual die elements if the alignment / positioning was off. This was done by filling the die element with metal and re-punching over it. Since the filler metal was softer that the die steel, after prolonged use it would compress and the outline of the previous element would show up.
Here's an example of a heavily reworked die. Must have been an apprentice die sinker
I bought this (1796 Bolivia) Pillar Dollar "raw" (graded Choice AU) in the Pittman sale. It is now graded PCGS MS64.
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Photo courtesy of W. David Perkins.
W. David Perkins Numismatics - http://www.davidperkinsrarecoins.com/ - 25+ Years ANA, ANS, NLG, NBS, LM JRCS, LSCC, EAC, TAMS, LM CWTS, CSNS, FUN
WOW!! What a beautiful piece
Nice.... now looking for one of these.... Cheers, RickO
well I said I was thinking of buying I bought this one 216 of 1000
