8-Reales, 1811, RM, .MON.PROV.DE--NVEV.VIZCAYA.1811, crowned arms of the city of Nueva Vizcaya, rev., FERN.VII.REY.DEESP.EIND.8RR.M., crowned arms of Spain between pillars (KM.181; Cal.517), REY variety, reverse slightly double-struck, medium gray tone, extremely fine and the finest in private hands by a very wide margin

NUEVA VIZCAYA

Details

8-Reales, 1811, RM, .MON.PROV.DE--NVEV.VIZCAYA.1811, crowned arms of the city of Nueva Vizcaya, rev., FERN.VII.REY.DEESP.EIND.8RR.M., crowned arms of Spain between pillars (KM.181; Cal.517), REY variety, reverse slightly double-struck, medium gray tone, extremely fine and the finest in private hands by a very wide margin

Provenance

Pradeau III, November 1971, lot 1556 (cover coin)

Lot Essay

A wonderful coin, in quality of strike and condition, far superior in design to anything else being produced at the time. These rare 8-Reales from the mint of Nueva Viscaya are almost always poorly struck; there obviously were difficulties in operating the equipment. Only two or three sharply struck specimens survive.