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Spanish 8 reales
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Spanish 8 reales

Date1718
Reign of Philip V
Mint Seville
Assayer M
MediumSilver
DimensionsDiameter: 38 mm Weight: 310.5 grains
Credit LineGift of the Lasser family
Object number1996-872,18
Label TextThe milled 8 reales coins struck in Spain contained less silver than those produced in their colonial mints like those in Mexico City, Potosi and Lima. Since the value of a coin was directly tied to the amount of precious metal it contained, these coins only carried about 80% of their colonial counterpart's purchasing power.

At 8 reales, this coin was worth four "pistareens," and shares the same design elements.

Davenport-1696
InscribedObverse: PHILIPPVS *V*DEI* GRAT*"

Reverse: "HISPANIARVM *REX*1718*"

ProvenanceMike Dunigan, 8/9/96