Silver Spanish Milled Dollar 1
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Title
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Silver Spanish Milled Dollar 1
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Description
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Silver Spanish Milled Dollar also called the “pillar dollar” or eight reales.
Obverse: bust of Charles III, cuirassed, caped, laureate, facing right, circumscribed by legend: CAROLUS • III • DEI • GRATIA • 1783 • Meaning "Charles the third by
the grace of God 1783."
Reverse: arms of Castile and Leon surmounted by the crown of Spain between the Pillars of Hercules
(representing the Straights of Gibraltar), the pillars bear the motto: PLUS ULTRA (more beyond) referring to the world beyond the Mediterranean, entire motif circumscribed by legend: HISPAN • ET • IND • REX • Μ • 8R • F • F • (Hispaniae et Indiae Rex [king of Spain and India], M = Mexico City mint mark, 8R = eight reales, F F = the assayer’s mark).
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Identifier
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2008.036.002
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Source
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Spain
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Subject
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Numismatics
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Provenance
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William and Catherine Sell
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Date Created
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1783 CE
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Is Part Of
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Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
