High quality replica of historic coin: Mexico 8 Reales Carlos III 1762 MM. Made of brass and silver plated.

• ▶ This coins are high quality and very detailled replicas of different historic coins, you wont be desappointed but the opposite. BUT WE EMPHASIZE THIS ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL coins, nor is made of any precious metal.
• ▶ Exquisite workship: amazing and realistic details, high-quality materials such as brass, nickel or cupronickel. Most of silver coloured replicas are silver plated, check details: size, weight, material used, etc, shown in the details table (CHECK IMAGES).
• ▶ The best alternative for coin collectors who want to expand their collection without spending thousands of euros.
• ▶ Wide collection of replicas from different centuries and countries. Just perfect for collectors, as a gift for relatives and friends, numismatic and History teaching tool (schools, universities, numismatic courses and expositions), etc.

The Spanish dollar, also known as the piece of eight (Spanish: Real de a ocho, Dólar, Peso duro, Peso fuerte or Peso), is a silver coin of approximately 38 mm (1.5 in) diameter worth eight Spanish reales. It was minted in the Spanish Empire following a monetary reform in 1497 with content 25.563 g = 0.822 oz t fine silver. It was widely used as the first international currency because of its uniformity in standard and milling characteristics. Some countries countermarked the Spanish dollar so it could be used as their local currency. The Spanish dollar was the coin upon which the original United States dollar was based (at 0.7735 oz t = 24.0566 g), and it remained legal tender in the United States until the Coinage Act of 1857. Because it was widely used in Europe, the Americas, and the Far East, it became the first world currency by the late 18th century. Aside from the U.S. dollar, several other currencies, such as the Canadian dollar, the Japanese yen, the Chinese yuan, the Philippine peso, and several currencies in the rest of the Americas, were initially based on the Spanish dollar and other 8-real coins. Diverse theories link the origin of the ""$"" symbol to the columns and stripes that appear on one side of the Spanish dollar. The term peso was used in Spanish to refer to this denomination, and it became the basis for many of the currencies in the former Spanish colonies, including the Argentine, Bolivian, Chilean, Colombian, Costa Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Guatemalan, Honduran, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Paraguayan, Philippine, Puerto Rican, Peruvian, Salvadoran, Uruguayan, and Venezuelan pesos. Of these, ""peso"" remains the name of the official currency in the Philippines, Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. Millions of Spanish dollars were minted over the course of several centuries. They were among the most widely circulating coins of the colonial period in the Americas, and were still in use in North