Spanish reales were used until 1869, and in Mexico until 1897. The currency captured the imagination of children around the ...

Although the Royal Charter of the Colony of Virginia in 1609 granted the authority to mint coins, the power was never used ...

Roxbury's Auction House has been valuing and cataloguing 2500 lot items over the past three months, to get ready for the ...

Object Type Ceremonial/Ritual items Object Name Spanish coin (medio real) minted in Mexico Media/Materials Silver Techniques Struck/minted Place New York City, Staten Island, Tottenville; Richmond ...

Coins like these were a big part of commerce in colonial Virginia and eventually grew into modern day cash. "The two that we have are worth eight reals, and the real is the unit of currency. One ...

On the reverse, the coin depicts a fedora-clad Machado wearing a suit and holding a cane. According to Numista, this portrait is based on a photograph taken by noted 20th-century Spanish photographer ...

Shannon has been successful over the years uncovering Spanish coins and other artifacts from ships that once sailed along the Treasure Coast. “Like this Spanish eight-real coin,” he said.

Object Details ruler Charles III Description The Mexican eight-real coin, known variously as a Spanish dollar, pillar dollar, or piece of eight, was the most widely used coin in the world by the time ...

According to the U.S. Mint website, “Spanish milled dollars became a favorite because of the consistency of the silver content throughout the years. To make change for a dollar, people sometimes cut ...

While casually scanning the grounds of Diamond Don’s RV Park roughly 165 miles east of Dallas, David Durocher and his partner stumbled on a well-preserved Spanish Maravedis coin minted in 1661.

The silver Spanish coin that Harold Holden found while diving off the Florida coast had been missing for nearly 300 years. Now it's missing again, and his family would like it returned.