Mexico - Spanish Colony 8 real 1806 T H Charles IV VF

New Spain (Mexico), 8 Reales 1806, Mexico City Mint (Mo), silver, Charles IV.

Obverse: CAROLUS · IIII · DEI · GRATIA (translated: Charles IV, by the Grace of God). Date 1806 below the bust. Bust of Charles IV facing right.

Reverse: · HISPAN · ET IND · REX · Mo · 8R · T · H · (translated: King of Spain and the Indies). A pair of pillars flanking the crowned Spanish shield with lions, castles, pomegranate and three fleurs-de-lis. Mintmark Mo (Mexico City) and value 8R, flanked by assayer marks T · H.

References: KM# 109.

The piece of 8 Reales, widely known as the Carolus Dollar, was one of the most important trade coins of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In East Asia, particularly China, coins bearing the portrait of Charles IV and Charles III were highly sought after by merchants and could command a premium of up to 50 percent over other silver coins of equal weight. The Mexico City Mint, established in 1535, was the oldest mint in the Americas and for centuries struck the world's most widely circulated silver trade coin.

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