Mexico: Philip V "Milled" 8 Reales 1732 Mo-F AU55 NGC,...

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Incredible Choice AU Milled Pillar From 1732

Philip V "Milled" 8 Reales 1732 Mo-F AU55 NGC, Mexico City mint, KM103, Cal-1437, Yonaka-M8-32A. Milled type. Incredibly balanced with the quality of the strike only incrementally diminishing as we move from the periphery to the center. Appearing both silty and steely with a blast of violet enlivening the obverse, the contoured outlines of the devices rise impressively from the fields, creating an impressive multi-dimensional effect. This immensely important historical relic is so often accompanied by condition qualifiers when in certified form, the last problem-free example sold with our firm was an XF40 in 2021. Collectors searching for a top quality circulated example of this famed date need to look no further, but competition for this piece will be fierce.

There are few series of coins so long-running and iconic as the Spanish-minted Pillar Dollars, produced across the country's vast colonial empire. The extensive use of Pillar Dollars and subsequent "Bust" 8 Reales in world trade, as well as their metaphoric imagery and overall importance to both economic and numismatic history are perhaps without parallel in the modern age. 1732, the pivotal year when this evolution and impact began, is also the rarest date in the entire Pillar series. Whether in Mint State or lightly circulated, the 1732-dated Pillar Dollars remain the key issue for the type, produced at the foremost mint in the Spanish Empire.

From the Eternal Collection, Part II

Metal: Silver
Diameter: 40mm
Weight: 27.0674g
ASW: 0.798oz

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