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Mexico "Cap & Ray" 8 Reale & Silver Peso Pair |
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Wild West Favorite "Liberty" Silver 8 Reales of Mexico, 1824-1897.
This first silver dollar of the Mexican Republic contains more silver than classic U.S. Mint silver dollars. For decades it was legal tender in the U.S.A. and continued to circulate informally - especially in the South and West - later in the 19th century. The dramatic "Cap and Ray" design adopted the liberty cap (symbol of hard-won freedom) used on early U.S. coins, and added intense rays as a passionate expression of freedom. Nice Very Fine quality.
Last "Cap and Ray" Mexico 1932-1945 Silver Peso BU.
The "Cap and Ray" emblem traces its lineage (in the somewhat different form above) to the emergence of the Mexican Republic in 1824. Powerful rays of enlightened freedom burst from a liberty cap. The reverse shows the Mexican Eagle destroying a snake on a cactus, evoking the ancient Aztec legend that Mexico City was founded at the site of such a scene. Elegant laurel wreaths appear on both sides of the coin. Brilliant Uncirculated.
40mm & 36mm
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