In 1754 there were four types of 8 Reales issued by the Mexico City Mint. 

In that year there was a change in the coin design. 

The Royal Crown on the left pillar was replaced by the Imperial Crown.

There was a change in Assayers. 

Junior Assayer Francisco de la Pena y Flores (1733-54) was replaced by Manuel Assorin (1754-70). Manuel de Leon (1733-63) was the senior assayer.

The practice at the mint was to identify the assayers by placing the senior assayer’s initial above that of the junior assayer, using the initial of what we call “the first name” in the United States of America.

These 2 different changes resulted in the following 4 types of 8 Reales being issued:  1754 MF (Royal Crown), 1754 MM (Royal Crown), 1754 MF (Imperial Crown), 1754 MM (Imperial Crown). 

 

The four coins mentioned above do not include the over date of 1754/3, or the over stamp of the Assayer’s initial MM/MF.

In reference books this coin being sold is designated as Gilboy M-8-28.

 

Of the 4 standard 1754 8 Reales, this is the rarest of the group.

 

PRICES:  My price reference is 2015 North American Coins & Prices David Harper Editor (24th Edition).   The prices listed for the 1754 MM Royal Crowns are: Very Good (8) = $300.00, Fine (12) = $700.00, Very Fine (20) = $1,500.00, Extremely Fine (40) = $4,200.00. 

 

 

 

Photography:

 

The physical appearance of a coin will differ depending on the type and intensity of the light under which we view the coin.  I use a 100 watt incandescent light bulb at a distance of about 1 foot.

 

Sales Information

DOMESTIC SALES - FREE SHIPPING. 

Tracking Numbers:  I will post a tracking number after I ship to you.

INTERNATIONAL SALES

I am now currently making international sales. 

As I understand it, if you can see my listing, you can buy it from outside the USA.  My shipping it to Kentucky is free to you.  The part about getting your coin from Kentucky to you has all been worked out by Global Shipping.  Supposedly, you can see your mailing costs, etc.

Payment

I would appreciate your paying me in a timely fashion after the close of the sale.

 

Other Information

My shipment to you:  The 8^th largest city in the USA no longer has a Post Office open after 5:00PM Monday through Friday. My mail route is “a training route” so I no longer have any idea who is going to be delivering my mail, or at what time of day.  I am not going to leave a $100-$1,000 coin outside to be picked up by “whomever”.  Given all of this, if you win and pay for a coin this morning, it probably won’t be put in the mail this afternoon.  They are taken to the Post Office to be mailed.

Returns:  This is a collector coin and not just some chunk of silver bullion.  If you do not feel that this coin is “right for you” after you have examined it, send an email letting me know it is coming back to me.  Return shipping cost is at the buyer’s expense.  Return it at your convenience, preferably within 14 days. The shipping to you is at my expense for domestic shipping. 

This is an old collector’s coin, and you and I both know, as coin collectors, sometimes a coin that looks good from photos does not measure up to our expectations.  After you have looked at it, if you decide that it is “not for you”, just let me know that you will be sending it back so that I will know to expect it.  I have other old 8 Reales.  If for some reason you don’t feel satisfied with this coin, that doesn’t mean you won’t be happy with the next one you win.

Please read everything I have stated to you about this coin, if I have made any specific comments about it.  If there is something of interest to you about the coin that I did not explain to you in this listing, send an email.