Spanish Silver Half Dollar, 1788
date: label: date made
content: 1788
name: label: ruler
content: Charles III
label: mint
content: Mexico City Mint
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 8 real coin, cut in half
label: Description (Brief)
content: Mexico, 1788
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obvese Image: Half of a portrait of Charles III.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: DEI / GRATIA / 88
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Pillar and half a shield with castle on top and lion on bottom.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: REX / M / R / F / M
label: Description
content: This Mexican silver coin was minted in 1788. It was cut in half and bears half a portrait of Charles III, the former King of Spain, and is engraved with the unfinished inscription “Dei Gratia 88.”
place: label: place made
content: Mexico
label: place of issue
content: Mexico
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Joseph B. Stack
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU62286
label: accession number
content: 235063
label: catalog number
content: NU62286
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.8 cm x 2.2 cm x .2 cm; 1 1/2 in x 7/8 in x 3/32 in