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1740/30 Scarce Error Overdate 2 Reales Mexico US First Legal Tender Milled Coin

$ 102.96

Availability: 83 in stock
  • Denomination: 2 Reales
  • Composition: Silver
  • Error:: Overdate 1740 / over 1730
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Mexico
  • Year: 1740
  • Certification: Authenthic
  • Grade: Authenthic
  • Fineness: .917
  • Design: Milled Pillar-Type
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • Mintage:: Unknown
  • Certification Number: Authenthic
  • Condition: One of the earliest coins to circulate in the Americas. The Pillar Design reales circulated as far as India and China in its day. 2 two reale is one of a series struck 1733-41 during the reign of Phillip V. About very good detail. Scarcer date.
  • Modified Item: No

    Description

    1740/30 Scarce Error Overdate 2 Reales Mexico US First Legal Tender Milled Coin
    1740 2 reales is one of a series struck 1733-41 during the reign of Phillip V.
    2 Reales were a popular coin in circulation during the Golden Age of Piracy
    in the New World.
    The coin was current in ports from Brazil to South Carolina
    and was one of the most important trade coins of the era.
    The Mexico City
    mint, opened in 1538, is still in operation.
    These colonial period coins circulated
    freely in
    the many New World colonies of Spain.
    Recorded Mintage: Unknown,
    Weight: 6.70 Grams, Fineness: 91.70% Fine Silver, Diameter: 26.50 MM.
    The coin imaged is the coin you're bidding on.
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