Reales

Coin Description: Full and complete date 1715 Mexico Eight Reales. 26.1 grams. Full “OM” of “OMJ”. Obverse shield approximately 50% complete however the date is very strong and bold. The reverse shows a well centered cross with lions and castle visible but not distinct. Hammer marks also apparent on both obverse and reverse. Although the […]

Coin Description:Full and complete date 1715 Mexico Eight Reales. 25.7 grams. Full “OM” of “OMJ” 100% full date and crown on the obverse. Approximately 45% of the shield visible but what is seen is sharp and clear. The reverse shows a well centered full cross with all castles and lions visible, but lions a bit

Coin Description: Full and complete date 1715 Mexico Eight Reales. Full “OMJ”. Approximately 45% of obverse shield visible and strong. Hammer marks on obverse also apparent. Reverse cross approximately 50% complete but well centered. Only one lion and castle visible with some surface sediment. This coin also featured as the September 2013 Treasure of the

Coin Description: Full and complete date 1715 Mexico Eight Reales. 25.0 grams. Nearly complete “OMJ”. Reverse shows nearly complete cross with a bold lion and castle.

Coin Description: Full and complete date 1715 Mexico Eight Reales. 25.0 grams. Partial “OMJ”. Date is bold and rather flat when compared to previous research specimens. Reverse shows very little cross and features. Reverse corrosion is also noted.

Coin Description: Full date 1715 Mexico Eight Reales. 25.3 grams. Partial “OMJ”. Note that the loss of the bottom half of the “5” in the date keeps this coin from being a full and complete date. This coin is very unusual in that, except for the date and part of the “OMJ”, there is virtually

Coin Description: Full date 1715 Mexico Eight Reales. 26.9 grams nearly complete “OMJ”. The obverse shows evidence of hammer marks. Only about 25% of the shield and part of the crown are visible. The reverse also shows evidence of hammer marks with about 60% of the cross visible. The lions are barely visible with only

Coin Description: Full date 1715 Mexico Eight Reales. 25.8 grams. Nearly complete “OMJ”. Note that the loss of the top half of the third digit (1) and fourth digit (5) keeps this coin from being a full and compete date. The obverse has a strong strike. The shield is about 60% complete with a partial

Coin Description: Full date 1715 Mexico Eight Reales. 25.8 grams. Full and complete “OMJ”. All digits of date visible but not complete. Approximately 40% of shield visible and extremely strong. Obverse hammer marks quite distinct with one blunted corner visible. The blunted corner is due to the minting process. Reverse cross well centered but not

Coin Description: Full date 1715 Mexico Eight Reales. 26.0 grams. Full “OMJ”. Note the the “J” is slightly tilted which indicates an interesting die variety. The shield is quite nice and bold but not 100% complete. The reverse cross is well centered but lions and castles are indistinct. Hammer marks are also apparent. Note that

Coin Description: Partial date (1)715 Mexico Eight Reales. 26.9 grams. Partial “OMJ”. Oddly struck. Center of shield visible but flat. Hammer marks on the obverse very apparent. The date, however, is very strong. Reverse shows almost no detail but one lone castle is visible along with some lettering. One tiny part of the cross above

Coin Description: Partial date (1)715 Mexico Eight Reales. 26.7 grams. Partial “OMJ”. About 60% of the shield visible and fairly distinct. Hammer marks very apparent on the obverse. Reverse cross well centered but only 50% complete. Only one lion clearly visible but indistinct. Part of both castles can be seen. Hammer marks apparent on the

Coin Description: Partial date (1)715 Mexico Eight Reales. 25.3 grams. Partial “OMJ”. Note part of the crown and upper part of the shield very strong. Reverse shows approximately 60% of the cross and one well defined lion and castle. Observe the interesting hammer marks on both the obverse and reverse.

Coin Description: Partial date (17)15 Mexico Eight Reales. 26.3 grams. Very bold although partial “OMJ”. Shield and date very strongly struck but not complete. Reverse show a 50% cross with visible but ill-defined lions and castle.

Coin Description: Partial date (17)15 Mexico Eight Reales. 24.8 grams. Nearly complete “OMJ”. Visible part of crown and shield well struck. Reverse cross nearly complete with lions and castles visible but ill-defined. Despite its weight there is little corrosion.

Coin Description: Partial date (17)15 Mexico Eight Reales. 26.9 grams. Partial “OMJ”. Reverse cross 50% complete. Lions and castles obscured. Interesting shape and obverse hammer marks.

Coin Description: Partial date (17)15 Mexico Eight Reales. 26.3 grams. No “OMJ” visible. Strong and nearly complete crown. Upper part of shield clearly struck, but rest of obverse features obscured. Reverse cross 90% complete with only one castle clearly visible. Hammer marks on obverse and reverse. Douglass Beach circa 1967.

Coin Description: Partial date (17)15 Mexico Eight Reales. Partial “OMJ” with only the “O” sharp and a vaguely visible “M”. Approximately 50% of the obverse shield visible and sharp. Also, a portion of the crown visible. Hammer marks apparent around the edges. Reverse cross nicely centered and nearly complete with two lions and one castle

Coin Description: Partial date (17)15 Mexico Eight Reales. 26.6 grams. Full “OMJ” but not complete with part of the “M” missing and the “J” a bit indistinct. The obverse shield is approximately 40% complete with a partial crown visible. The elements of the shield that are present are somewhat flat but overall appealing. The right

Coin Description: Partial date (17)15 Mexico Eight Reales. 26.3 grams full “OMJ”. Note that the “J” is slightly tilted which indicates an interesting die variety. The coin is not totally clean and still exhibits residue and other deposits. The shield is about 60% complete. The reverse cross is nicely centered but not very clear due