Blak bart
Gold Member
Ive been told many different prices, but I finally saw one sell at heritage auction house for 42,000$ seen them for 8-10,000 on ebay. Ive seen fakes selling for 1600-3500. I guess in the end it boils down to what someone actually pays for it. I never saw what that coin actually went for but at midnight when I fell asleep it was at 42000. It was estimated to go for 50-80,000. Ive never seen another one in person and at least half of the ones ive seen on line have been fakes. 1732 was the first year of minting, and both years 1732 and 33 all went to the bottom in the florida keys on there way to spain. The ones that were salvaged by the spanish and sent back to spain were all melted down. Very few exsist today from those first 2 years of minting. Those 2 years are the most sought after by 8 reale pillar dollar collectors. The one I saw sell at heritage was in better shape than mine but not by much. found the cob piece of eight right under the pillar piece of eight in the same hole. It has good value too, but not like that pillar dollar. Many big names in the treasure world have come to see this coin including marty meylach, carl fismar, bradly Williamson and others. Im honered to own it and will not sell until I find another. Ive been told 900 were lost in total here. 2 others were found here stuck together and in very poor condition. Hope I find another one day.