SPAIN  8 REALES 1762  "KING CHARLES III"  ~ RAW ~

SPAIN 1762 8 REALES (PIECES OF EIGHT)  KING CHARLES III  -  LEGEND READS:     HISPN.ET.IND.REX  (MEANS:  KING OF SPAIN AND THE INDIES).  THE INTIALS   (ARE THE INITIALS OF THE ASSAYER'S AT THE TIME OF MINTING).  THE SHIELD HAS 3 CROSSES IN THE CENTER, SIGNIFYING THE "HOLY TRINITY" AND A POMEGRANATE IN THE TRIBUTE TO THE SPANISH GRANADA.   ALSO IN THE LEGENDS ARE THE LETTERS  DG  WHICH STANDS FOR  "DEI GRATIA" OR "BY THE GRACE OF GOD"