Volume Tomo 1: 370 pp. Private operation, tesoreros particulares 1627 - 1753.  Paper cover w/ tears on binding edge. Rustica con daño a la orilla.

Volume Tomo 2: 329 pp. Royal administration, administración de la Corona 1753 - 1819. Paper cover.Rustica.

8 reales, circa 1621 - 1700, uncertain mint, most likely either Mexico or Seville. With interesting casting hole.

This specimen has a casting hole made at the time the silver was originally cast, before being formed into a coin. Refer to Dr. Alan Craig’s 2000 book Spanish Colonial Silver Coins in the Florida Collection, for his theory on how these holes were made. Most specimens with natural holes like this are from Mexico, but this specimen does not show the distinctive “ball shaped” lily flower at the 4 cross ends, either because the cross ends are not prominent enough to show or because the coin was made in another mint, the likeliest being Seville. We date the coin before 1700 because the shield is Habsburg design instead of the Bourbon design.

Denomination: 8 Reales

Reign: style of Philip IV or Charles II

Mint: Uncertain

Assayer: not visible

Date: circa 1621-1700