WORLD CROWNS  -   Mexico City Mint - Spanish Colonial  8 Reales (N.F.S)
                       Pillar     1732 to 1771  Portrait 1772 to 1821

I first learned about the "Spanish Milled Dollar" when I saw my first Red Book around 1962. These were the first Silver Dollars of the fledgling United States and remained legal tender until 1859.        My father started this collection with the 1758 piece on  the right, which I located for him in a Coinhunter auction in Philadelphia in 1974. I have "upgraded", but hold on to it as a souvenir of how I share my father's hobby.       The collection is complete by date & ruler, missing several assayers and the MX mint piece.    Chop marks on Pillar 8 R's  are far less common than on Portrait and Cap & Ray 8R's.                                     Beware of  fake 8 Reales.     If you think the price is too good to be true - you are correct.

 

                   (ITALI CS - not in my collection)

1732  Mo   F    VF    KM 103 PHILLIP V		(1733 MX F)
1733  Mo  MF    VF   ex Amon   Carter	(1733  Mo F)	(1733 MX MF)
Most of my early pieces (before 1742) were recovered from shipwrecks. Almost all of these appear to have been in  mint state before they were submerged.	I recall reading an article describing a process of cleaning and retoning these pieces.  The following group, apparently subject to similar processing, and probably came from the same wreck. (Possibly the Reigersdaal or Carolina)	See this website dicussing  "perfectly preserved" 8 Reales pieces recovered fron the Reigersdaal wreck.
1734  Mo MF    XF   Salvage	1735 Mo MF    XF   Salvage	1736 Mo MF    XF  Salvage
1737   Mo MF    XF   Salvage	1738  Mo MF   XF   Salvage - 2 pieces showing different     techniques in retoning	1739 Mo MF    VF
1740   Mo MF    XF  Salvage	1741 Mo MF    XF   Salvage	1742 Mo MF    VF
1743 Mo MF    VF	1744 Mo MF    F-VF	1745 Mo MF    VF
1746 Mo MF    VF	1747 Mo MF    VF    275 Philip V KM 103
KM 104.1   FERDND VI
1747 Mo MF VF	1748 Mo MF    AF	1749 Mo MF    XF-AU  (cleaned)  CHOP
1750 Mo MF    VF	1751 Mo MF  XF	1752 Mo MF    F+
1753 Mo MF    F+	1754 Mo MF  VF	(1754 Mo MM  F+     KM 104.1  "Royal" Crown left)
KM 104.2   FERDND VI "Imperial" Crown left	KM 104.1 VF  "Royal" Crown left KM 104.2  "Imperial" Crown left
1754 F Mo MF	1754 Mo MM    KM 104.2
1755 Mo MM    VF	1756 Mo MM    VF	1757 Mo MM    VF
1758 Mo MM   TONED AU or better	1759 Mo MM    AU	1760 Mo MM   KM 104.2 FERDND  VI   VF
KM 105 CAROLUS III
1760 Mo MM     KM 105 CAROLUS III AU	1761 Mo MM    XF - AU	1762 Mo MF    AF   - RARE - Offered about once / year
1762 Mo MM    XF	1763 Mo MF    VF    330	(1763 Mo   MM)
1764 Mo MF    VF	1765 Mo MF    XF	1766 Mo MF    XF
1767 Mo MF    XF	1768 Mo MF    VF	1769 Mo MF    XF
1770 Mo FM    VF	1770 Mo MF    F+	1771 Mo FM    VF
Portrait
1772 Mo FM    XF-AU       KM 106.1	1772 Mo MF    VF    350    Mo 8R FM	1773 Mo FM    F+      KM 106.1
1773 Mo FM    F      KM 106.2	1774 Mo FM    VF	1775 Mo FM    XF
1776 Mo FM    XF	(1777  Mo   FF)	1777 Mo FM    XF
1778 Mo FF    XF	(1778 Mo    FM )	1779 Mo FF    XF
1780 Mo FF    VF	1781 Mo FF    XF	1782 Mo FF    VG
1783 Mo FF    VF	(1783 Mo    FM)	1784 Mo FF    VF
1784 Mo FM    VF	1785 Mo FM    VF	1786 Mo FM    F
1787 Mo FM    XF	1788 Mo FM    XF	1789 Mo FM    VF
KM 107  Two year Type CAROLUS  IV Armored bust     Note our contemporary interpretation of "correct" Roman Numerals was used in K 107 & discarded in the later type.	1789 Mo FM    F	1790 Mo FM    XF
KM 108    1790 Mo FM     VF Old Bust /CAROLUS  IIII      One Year Type
KM 109 CAROLUS  IIII  - New Bust
1791 Mo FM    F	1792 Mo FM    VF	1793 Mo FM    F        CLEANED
1794 Mo FM    F	1795 Mo FM    VF	1796 Mo FM    VF
1797 Mo FM    VF	1798 Mo FM    VF	1799 Mo FM    F
1800 Mo FM    VF	1801 Mo FM    F+	1801 Mo FT    VF    100
1802 Mo FT    VF	1803 Mo FM    (counterfeit)	1803 Mo FT    VF
1803 Mo TH    F	1804 Mo TH    XF	1805 Mo TH    VF
1806 Mo TH    VF	1807 Mo TH    F+	(1870 Mo   TH )
1808 Mo TH K 109 Carolus IIII     VF		1808 Proclamation  Fonr 6478; Grove f-13 Medina 318; Herrero 33; Ponterio 3/24/95 $90
KM 110 FERDND  VII Armored
1808 Mo TH	1809 Mo HJ	1809 Mo TH    VF
1810 Mo HJ    VF	(1810  Mo  TH)	1811 Mo HJ
KM 111 FERDND  VII Draped Bust
1811 Mo HJ  Lustrous XF-AU with peripheral weakness       Much scarcer than KM indicates	1812 Mo HJ    VF	1812 Mo JJ    G
1813 Mo HJ    F	1813 Mo JJ    VF	(1814 Mo   HJ)
1814 Mo JJ    XF	1815 Mo JJ    AF	1816 Mo JJ    F
1817 Mo JJ    VF	1818 Mo JJ    F	1819 Mo JJ    VF
1820 Mo JJ    F	1821 Mo JJ    F
Iturbide KM 304  1822 Mo JM    XF	1822 Mo JM    VF   KM 310	1823 Mo JM    VF  KM 310