8 Reales - Philip V

Features

Issuer	Colombia
King	Philip V (1717-1724)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1721-1722
Value	8 Reales
Currency	Real (1616-1820)
Composition	Silver (.931)
Weight	27.07 g
Diameter	42 mm
Shape	Cob
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 61439
References	KM# 18 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Hernández# 266-267 Pedro Pablo Hernández; 2023. Monedas y Billetes de Colombia: Colombia 1616-2023 (Colonia y República); 100 Años Banco de la República 1923 - 2023 = Coins and Banknotes of Colombia (8^th Edition). Begon, Medellín, Colombia.

Obverse

Crowned quartered shield with coat of arms of Castile and Léon.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PHILLIPVS V D G
ARC
VIII

Reverse

Pillars and waves.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
× 1721 × HISPANIARVM × REX
PLVS VLTRA
NoR
· 1721 ·
ARC

Mint

(NoR)

Bogota Mint (Casa de Moneda de Bogotá), Santa Fe de Bogota, modern-day Bogota, Colombia (1620-1987)

Comments

Sold for $60,000 in January 2018, Stack & Bowers Auction.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC				Frequency
Undetermined
1721 NoR ARC														83%
1722 NoR SAN														33%

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Actual silver weight: 0.810 oz

Current silver price: 73.38 USD/oz (see silver price

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