OTHER SILVER COINS   This page is for all the post-cob and non-cob silver (and copper) coins in our inventory. It is dominated by the machine-made ("milled") Pieces of Eight known as "pillar dollars" and "portrait" (or "bust") dollars that followed cobs at the various Spanish colonial mints, in addition to their smaller-denomination counterparts ("minors"), but you can also find various world coins at the end of the page.

 

Milled "Pillar" Coinage of Spanish America: 8 Reales      (For more pillar dollars, please see our offering of Auguste (1761) shipwreck specimens on the Promotional Specials):
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Milled "Bust" Coinage of Spanish America: 8 Reales
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	Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1788PR. CT-895, KM-55, broad flan as usual, XF with some weak spots near edge, nicely toned all over.	i050804191058	$275
	Lima, Peru, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1805JP, encapsulated PCGS MS-62 (rare grade). CT-637, KM-97, very bright and lustrous coin (looks brand new!) and well struck, one of the flashiest coins we have ever offered.	i030907505038	Reduced! $795

 

Pillar minors
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	Lima, Peru, pillar 4 reales, Charles III, 1772JM, desirable final year of issue. CT-1080, KM-63, lightly toned and pleasing AVF, no problems.	i080916022014	$495
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	Lima, Peru, pillar 2 reales, Ferdinand VI, 1752/1J, very rare overdate. CT-unl (cf. 472), KM-53, crisply detailed and somewhat lustrous near-AU with steely gray toning all over, clear overdate that is unlisted in CT and others (R5 in Gilboy, meaning 1-3 pieces known), odd in that the first date of the type was 1752 (not 1751), choice specimen of an acknowledged rarity.	i110903027006	$595
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	Mexico, pillar 1 real, Philip V, 1744M. CT-1606, KM-75.2, lightly rainbow-toned and somewhat lustrous AVF, no problems.	i110912081001	$100
	Mexico, pillar 1 real, Ferdinand VI, 1754/3M, rare overdate. CT-unl (cf. 579), KM-unl (cf. 76.1), Fine with lightly toned fields, clear overdate (R3 in Gilboy).	i110902161003	$90
	Mexico, pillar 1 real, Charles III, 1761M. CT-1541, KM-77, richly toned AVF, no problems for the grade.	i110902161004	$85
	Mexico, pillar 1 real, Charles III, 1762/1M, scarce overdate. CT-unl (cf. 1542), KM-unl (cf. 77), rainbow-toned and lustrous AVF, no problems, clear overdate (R3 in Gilboy).	i110902161002	$90
	Potosí, Bolivia, pillar 1 real, Charles III, 1768JR. CT-1592, KM-47, nicely toned AVF with weak centers, slightly off-center strike but otherwise problem-free, better mint.	i080916022011	$125
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	Mexico, pillar ½ real, Philip V, 1734MF, rare variety with cinquefoil below assayers' initials. CT-1856, KM-65, slightly crude About Fine but with bold date and legends, desirable as pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.	i110904191018	$65
	Mexico, pillar ½ real, Philip V, 1744M. CT-1869, KM-66, nice XF+, no toning, small edge-flaw but otherwise problem-free.	i080916022012	$135
	Mexico, pillar ½ real, Ferdinand VI, 1754M. CT-667, KM-67.1, bold XF with sediment on fields.	i110903027004	$125
	Mexico, pillar ½ real, Ferdinand VI, 1754M. CT-667, KM-67.1, attractively toned AXF, broad flan, no problems.	i080916022003	$110
	Mexico, pillar ½ real, Ferdinand VI, 1759M. CT-674, KM-67.2, nicely toned AXF, slightly off-center strike.	i080916022002	$110

 

Bust minors
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	Potosí, Bolivia, bust 4 reales, Charles III, 1779PR. CT-1185, KM-54, XF with weak centers and hairlines, nicely contrasting toning around letters.	i070818151048	$240
	Potosí, Bolivia, bust 4 reales, Charles III, 1780PR. CT-1187, KM-54, AXF with weak centers, contrasting sediment around lettering.	i070818151049	$240
	Lima, Peru, bust 2 reales, Charles III, 1776MJ. CT-1184, KM-76, highly desirable date, nicely toned but only About Fine for grade.	i030913021016	$95

 

Miscellaneous silver coins
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	England, copper Admiral Vernon medal, Porto Bello (1739), scarce smaller size. In the world of colonial numismatics, so-called "Admiral Vernon medals" are among the most popular, as they were made in such a variety of designs and quantity as to be highly collectible. This particular example, with Vernon facing left and holding a baton on the obverse with legend THE BRITISH GLORY REVIVD BY VERNON and ships entering harbor on the reverse with legend HE TOOK PORTO BELLO WITH SIX SHIPS ONLY and NOV 22 1739 in exergue, is one of the few we have seen in a "half dollar" size, which we assume must be scarce or even rare. AVF grade, dark brown color. Rare.	i080916022019	$295
	Potosí, Bolivia (Republic), 8 soles, 1863FP, encapsulated NGC AU-58. KM-138.6, bust of Bolivar on obverse, alpacas and tree on reverse, eminently collectible grade of a popular type, nice strike, lustrous and with the beginnings of rosy toning.	i040910181002	$195
	Puerto Rico (under Spain), peso, Alfonso XIII, 1895. CT-82, KM-24, bust of youthful Alfonso XIII on obverse, crowned arms and pillars on reverse, deeply (and colorfully) toned AU, no problems, very popular type.	i040916111023	$975
	Mexico, 2 pesos, 1921, Centennial issue. KM-462, eagle and cactus on obverse, Liberty on reverse, lustrous AU with faint toning near edge, popular type struck in one year and one denomination to commemorate the centennial of Mexican Independence.	i110916111002	$165
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