1760 M-JP SPAIN 2R REALE PISTAREEN 2ND FINEST KNOWN AT PCGS & NGC MS62 LUSTROUS

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THE 2ND FINEST KNOWN 1760 M-JP PISTAREEN AT BOTH PCGS & NGC !
NGC MS62 !
1760 M-JP SPANISH 2 REALE (PISTAREEN) KING CHARLES III OF SPAIN
NICELY REFLECTIVE, HARD, SEMI-MIRRORED FIELDS !
STRONGLY STRUCK, AND WELL CENTERED, PRESENTING EXCELLENT DIE DETAIL !
A PISTAREEN BLAST FROM THE PIRATES PAST !
ACCORDING TO NUMISMATIC RESEARCH:
"The Spanish "Pistareen", worth one-fifth of a dollar, appears to have been the most common
silver coinage circulating in colonial Williamsburg Virginia during the last quarter of the 18th century."
STRUCK AT THE MADRID MINT, MINT MARK:
CROWNED "M"
MINT OFFICIAL INITIALS
"J & P" 1759-64 JUAN RODRIGUEZ GUTIERREZ  & PEDRO CANO
CATALOG: KM-388.1 6.77G.,0.8330 SILVER 0.1813 OZ. ASW.
RULER:
CARLOS III
OBVERSE:
CROWNED SPANISH ARMS. LEGEND: "CAROLOUS III D G"
REVERSE:
CROSS WITH CASTLES AND LIONS IN QUARTERS.
LEGEND:
"HISPANIARUM REX"
MINT MARK:
CROWNED "M"
THE "PISTAREENS", SPANISH 2 REALES, WERE LEGAL TENDER IN THE U.S. UNTIL 1857.
A SUPERBLY PRESERVED 258 YEAR OLD SPANISH PIECE OF NUMISMATIC ART !
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