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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks for sharing !
These are in very nice condition. It seems difficult to find these in such condition unlike US or European coinage. As a newbie collector of 8s I view the strike on many to be weaker on average. Keep'em coming.
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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These coins are considered one of the most beautiful coin minted if not the most beautiful
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Valued Member
Poland
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Interesting, I've never seen before this type of 8 reales  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice! I really like the pillar type 8R.  Someday I want to study the Colonials so I can collect. Btw, did you notice the apparent digit under the 1763--a 2 perhaps?  Common or not?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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KurtS- good eye. Die varieties were so common on 8s, but I must admit that I am not familiar with this overdate. hmmm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Die varieties were so common on 8s Out of curiosity, I went over to Heritage and saw 4 1763/2, and obviously a couple were different dies from the overdate position. They must have been prevalent...still cool in my book! |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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KurtS...good eye. Yes that is a 1763/2 MoMM and it is a rare overdate. There are at least 4 varieties of 63/2 overdate (there are also 63/1 overdates) , determined by assayer mark (either MM or MF) and with or without lower crown arc. In higher grades, they are all very hard to find. I liked this one because of the high grade and really obvious overdate. The pillar series is full of overdates, re-engraved dies, and other oddball things. Part of the fun. I have a great pillar from Lima Peru that has "Hispan" spelled wrong and escaped the watchful eye of the mint master. In the 3 coins in this thread, the first 2 are rare date/ assayer combinations. I put in the 1764 because I love the edge tone (gun metal blue) but it didn't show up well on the scan.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a question about the coat of arms. I have noticed that the bottom right castle overhangs the bottom right corner of the shield. Was this common? I am just wondering since I have seen some which do overhang and some which do not.
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United States
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Wonderful pillar dollars. Congrats!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Archraz, I just looked through my entire date run from 1733 to 1771 (the joy of a scanned collection) and found only 3 that didn't intrude on to or at least touch the shield outline.
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