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| Issuer | Real Casa de la Moneda de Madrid |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#1597 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The "First American Dollar" commemorates the macuquina and milled silver coinage struck at Spanish colonial mints — particularly Potosí and Mexico City — that formed the backbone of global trade from the 16th century onward. The Spanish milled dollar, or peso de a ocho, was legal tender in the United States until 1857, long after American independence, simply because there was never enough domestic silver coinage to replace it.
The Real Casa de la Moneda traces its institutional lineage directly to the mint that produced those original pieces.