1748 Mexico 2 Reale Milled Colony Cob Pillars King U. S Silver Legal Tender Coin
1748 Mexico 2 Reale Milled Colony Cob Pillars King U. S Silver Legal Tender Coin. This 1748 2 reales is one of a series struck for Ferdinand VI (1746-59). Milled bust coins were minted at the. Mexico City mint from 1772 until 1821, when Mexico won its independence from Spain.
Like the milled pillar dollar. Reales circulated throughout the new worlds, even serving as legal currency in the United States until 1857. Nearly all colonial pillar coins were heavily used that most of them are in really low grades. This coin shows near Very Fine condition grade.
Nice circulated example of the type! These colonial period coins circulated freely in the many New World colonies of Spain and many were lost in shipwrecks. The issue for this year reales list as uncommon, and the variety with the imperial left crown is scarce.
6.77 grams, 0.917 fine silver. Be sure to add letsshop626 to your favorites list. Check out our other items. The item "1748 Mexico 2 Reale Milled Colony Cob Pillars King U. S Silver Legal Tender Coin" is in sale since Sunday, April 2, 2017.This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\North & Central America\Mexico\Colonial (up to 1821)". The seller is "letsshop626" and is located in Whittier, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Year: 1748
- Modified Item: No
- Grade: VF
- Denomination: 2 Reales
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Mexico
- Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
- Certification: Uncertified
- Composition: Silver
- Design: Milled Pillar-Type