Bolivia 1654-P E PH 2 reales

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from Sedwick Auction 37, lot 286
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from Sedwick Auction 37, lot 820
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This specimen was lot 286 in Sedwick Auction 37 (Winter Park, FL, May 2025), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 2 reales, 1654 E, PH at top, motto as PLV-SV-LT, rare, NGC XF details / cleaned (Shipwreck Blue Label), ex-Zbar. Very well preserved and corrosion-free, with contrasting toning and smooth surfaces, some flatness but bold details in the off-center pillars and good full cross, parts of all three dates, bold PH and (PLV)-SV-LT. Pedigreed to the Jack Zbar Collection (stated on label). Recovered from Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island." The second specimen was lot 820 in the same sale, where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 2 reales, 1654 E, •PH• at top, denomination above cross. Broad flan with choice full pillars-and-waves and cross-lions-castles, two dates and mintmarks, all three assayers, AXF with toning on fields, flat area in periphery." This type was struck 1652-66 for Philip IV. It superseded the shield/cross type which was discredited in the debasement scandal of the 1630's and 1640's.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver, the first specimen 6.47 grams; the second specimen 6.05 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-5954, S-P37a; KM-16; Cal-921.

Source:

  • Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
  • Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
  • [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Treasure Auction 37, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Almenara Collection of Colonial Peruvian Gold Coins, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.

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