1808 PJ Bolivia 4 Reale Colonial Silver Coin Milled Bust Charles IIII Potosi

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Bolivia 1808 P.J. 4 Reales Silver Colonial Period Coin, Milled Bust of King Carolus IIII Silver Potosi mint
T
his is a late example of a type struck 1791-1808 at Potosi,
Bolivia
(then called Upper Peru). It was replaced in 1816 by the bust of Ferdinand VII.
Assayer PJ is recorded for 1803-25.
Recorded mintage: 102,000. Specification: 13.53 g, .896 fine silver, .390 troy oz ASW.
The First silver dollar used in America's thirteen original states was a Spanish dollar that was minted at the oldest mints of the New World. Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Guatemala, and Chile were among the countries that produced this treasured coin. Recommended as the official coinage for the new United States of America by Thomas Jefferson, this coin was the basic currency of our Founding Fathers, widely circulated during the post-Revolutionary era and used as legal tender until 1857. When it was first introduced, it replaced another Spanish Silver dollar, known as the " pillar dollar," which had been used by colonist for decades.
These colonial period coins circulated freely in the many New World colonies of Spain and many were lost in shipwrecks. Coin is almost uncirculated with some visible toning.
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