Following Spain’s arrival to the Americas, the kingdom began minting copper Maravedis in the early 1500s specifically for ...

These are, this is a 8-real, and these are what they call cob coins. In 1715, down at the Treasure Coast, there was a fleet of 11 Spanish treasure ships that come up along the coast, and a ...

This silver Spanish dollar (also known as an eight real coin or piece of eight) was minted around 1821. The obverse, or front, of the coin has a profile portrait of King Ferdinand the VII. The coin ...

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.

Dollars were minted in the tradition of the Spanish 8 reales. ... The advanced milling process allowed these Spanish coins to be used in many countries worldwide. The Coinage Act of 1834 .

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 the United States was founded. The American ...