Superb Gem 1794 dollar, the finest known Cardinal Collection specimen.
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Bowers on collecting: The famous 1794 silver dollar
Superb Gem 1794 dollar, the finest known Cardinal Collection specimen.
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Bowers on collecting: The famous 1794 silver dollar
Overview
The 1794 silver dollar is one of my favorite coins. There are about 135 or so known, the exact number being indeterminable due to many not being illustrated in catalogs of years ago and as the same coin can be offered multiple times
Spain: 800th anniversary of the University of Salamanca features on latest silver crown coin
The Fabrica Nacional Moneda y Timbre—Real Casa de la Moneda has released (21st May) new silver crown coins which are in celebration of the 800th anniversary of the University of Salamanca, one of the world’s oldest continuous institutes of higher learning and the oldest university in the Spanish-speaking world. Founded in the year 1218 by royal warrant of HM King Alfonso IX de León (reigned 1188–1230), king of Leon and Galicia, he was considered a man ahead of his time