Argentina 1826-RA P 8 reales
This specimen was lot 1145 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $2,178. The catalog description[1] noted, "ARGENTINA, Provincias del Rio de la Plata. 1813-1837. AR 8 Reales. Potosí mint. Dated 1826 RA P. In NGC encapsulation graded AU 55. Nice even patina over semi lustrous fields. Only one graded higher which sold for $6,500 in 2011. Ex Whittier Collection (Heritage 410, 2 June 2006), lot 16015." This type was struck 1826-37 and is the first reasonably available Argentine peso. The issues of 1813 and 1815 were made in Potosi when Argentine forces captured the mint there. The designs from 1826 to 1837 were minted in the province of Rioja, as Bolivia had by then declared her own independence to forestall annexation by her neighbors.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a scarce date.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.896 fine silver; this specimen Ø39 mm, 26.43 g, 6h axis.
Catalog reference: KM 20.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Janson, Hector Carlos, La Moneda Circulante En El Territorio Argentino, 1767-1998, Buenos Aires, 1998.
- Cunietti-Ferrando, Arnaldo José, Monedas de la República Argentina, Asociación Numismática Argentina, Buenos Aires, 1965.
- [1]Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., The Richard Lissner Collection, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.
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