Discovered long ago, and safe-guarded in private collections, these beautiful silver coins have been in our vault for many years… until now. After being buried or cached for hundreds of years, they have been professionally conserved and curated by Robert, and are ready to became a fascinating piece of history you can wear for a lifetime.

Your Pirate Chic Spanish Piece of Eight Necklace 

• Type: Spanish Portrait Dollar - Reale
• Denomination: 4 Reale
• Date: 1808
• Mint: Potosi, Upper Peru (present day Bolivia)
• Coin Metal: .903 Silver
• Diameter: Approximately 34 mm - just over the size of a US Fifty Cent Piece (please see photo above)
• Obverse (Front): The Portrait of the King
• Reverse: (Back): The Pillars of Hercules and the Arms of Leon & Castile
  

What is a Piece of Eight?

Sometimes called “America’s First Silver Dollar” because they were in daily use, and were legal tender in the United States, until 1857... right before the U.S. Civil War. Pieces of 8 - both the large 8 Reales, and the smaller denominations of 4, 2, 1, and 1/2 - were minted by the mighty Spanish empire from New World silver – and traded (and pirated) the world over. These silver coins are the famous coins of pirate lore!

Perhaps you wonder, like we do, who pierced, wore and then stashed or lost these valuable coins… and why did they never return to retrieve them? What amazing stories could these coins tell if they could only speak?

To view our collection of bezeled (unpierced coins framed in sterling silver and gold) and unbezeled collector specimen Shipwreck & Buried Spanish Treasure Coins, Click Here>>>

Your Piece of 8 Comes Complete with:

1. Our 100% Authentic Lifetime Guarantee
2. A Detailed, Multi-Page Certificate of Authenticity Researched and Written by Robert Lewis Knecht 
3. "Pieces of Eight" Historic Brief
4. A Gift Pouch
5. A Treasure Jewelry Care Card