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Spanish dollar from the reign of Philip V, 1739

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  • Colonial North Carolina: Colonial North Carolina from the establishment of the Carolina in 1663 to the eve of the American Revolution in 1763. Compares the original vision for the colony with the way it actually developed. Covers the people who settled North Carolina; the growth of institutions, trade, and slavery; the impact of colonization on American Indians; and significant events such as Culpeper's Rebellion, the Tuscarora War, and the French and Indian Wars. (Page 6.5)

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Spanish silver dollar, reverse and obverse, from reign of Philip V

Sizes available: 1004×528 | 250×259

Reverse (left)

VTRAQVE VNUM M[EXICANUS] 1739 (”Both (are) one, Mexico [City Mint], 1739″)

Displays two hemispheres of a world map, crowned between the Pillars of Hercules adorned with the PLVS VLTR[A] motto.

Obverse (right)

VTRAQVE VNUM M[EXICANUS] 1739PHILIP[PUS] V D[EI] G[RATIA] HISPAN[IARUM] ET IND[IARUM] REX (”Philip V, by the Grace of God, King of the Spains and the Indies”)

Displays the arms of Castile and León with Granada in base and an inescutcheon of Anjou.