1732 Mexico Pillar Dollar (8 Reales)
- Maker
- Mexico City Mint (Spanish colonial), Felipe V
- Year
- 1732
- Rank
- 70 of 100
1732 Mexico Pillar Dollar (8 Reales)
1732 Mexico Pillar Dollar (8 Reales) by Mexico City Mint (Spanish colonial), Felipe V (1732) is ranked 70 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $152,750. The first-year milled 'pillar dollar' — the ancestor of the U.S. dollar and the global trade coin of the 18th century.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The first-year milled 'pillar dollar' — the ancestor of the U.S. dollar and the global trade coin of the 18th century.
8 reales silver 'pillar dollar', first-year Mexico City milled coinage, Heritage-certified high grade
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $152,750
- Kind
- Realized at auction
Heritage Auctions. A 1732 Mexico City milled 8 reales 'pillar dollar' realized $152,750 — the most ever for a pillar dollar of its type at auction. The world's first internationally circulating silver dollar.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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- 2026-08-08