Pieces Of 8 Silver Shield 1 oz .999 Silver Bullion Round Privateer Pirate coin

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Pieces Of Eight - 1 oz .999 Fine Silver Bullion Round From The Brand New 2016 Silver Shield Collection Ships FREE & Comes with FREE Air-tite brand coin capsule. Don't trust anything less for your silver. ____________THE ART____________ The new Silver Shield Pieces of Eight physically represents the deadly history of silver. Praedatum In Mundo translates into "A Predatory World" that defines the struggle of man against nature to extract this rare, precious metal, but also violent clash of civilizations to control the treasure of the world. The ocean and sky in the background of the Silver Shield Pieces of Eight represent the treacherous seas that would claim many a men in search of this glorious treasure. Explorers sought to find new trading routes with Asia soon discovered the new world and all of it's riches. The Silver Shield Pieces of Eight was styled after the original Spanish Dollar or Eight Reales coin. Like the original Spanish Dollar, the twin pillars of Hercules are adorned with the early manifest destiny motto of the Spanish Empire, PLVS VLTR, or "further beyond". These adorned pillars are also the reason why we have the dollar sign ($) today. For many years of the early American history, the Spanish Dollar was used as an official currency of the new colonies. The Spanish influence on the American monetary system is still read more