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Lot 1352
Three Early 19th Century Spanish Colonial Silver 8 Reales
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include: Bolivia, 1808PTS PJ, 0.8960 Silver, 0.7797 ASW, KM-84, (VG, scattered chop marks obverse and reverse); Mexico, 1819 JJ, 0.9030 Silver, ASW 0.7859 oz., KM-111 (weak strike on obverse, else VF+); Peru, 1814LIMAE JP, 0.8960 Silver, 0.7797 ASW, KM-117.1 (XF, some weakness). These coins were a promoter's notion of "America's First Silver Dollar" and were marketed as such in a monumental stretch of the truth. Included is a flip tag and two brochures from the sales pitch.

From a single owner North Carolina collection