Bolivia 1674-P E 8 reales

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Stack's Bowers October 2024 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 72084
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Aureo y Calicó sale 448, lot 207

This specimen was lot 72084 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. Cob 8 Reales, 1674-P E. Potosi Mint. Charles II. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, VF Details. A boldly struck and lightly toned Cob, with mintmark and assayer information clear on the obverse. The date appears faintly as two digits on the obverse, clearly as three digits on the reverse. From the S.P. Rutherford Collection." In 1652, the four and eight reales were redesigned to distinguish the reformed (full silver) product from the old, debased cobs. Assayer "E" (Antonio de Ergueta) was brought in to clean house and served 1650-79, well into the reign of Charles II, as here. The second specimen was lot 207 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 6,500 € (about US$8,491 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted, "1674. Carlos II. Potosi. E. 8 reales. Obv.: CAROLVS·II·D G·HISPANIARVM·R. Rev.: POTOSI·ANO·1674·EL·PERV. Round, "Galano" type. Triple date. Countermark of Guatemala (De Mey 468). Perforation, usual in this type. Very rare. MBC+/MBC [very fine]. Ex Aureo & Calico 10/18/2017, no. 1494."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.931 fine silver, the first specimen 27.56 g, the second specimen 26.72 g.

Catalog reference: KM-26; Cal-705; Cayón-7561. The second specimen AC-670, Lázaro type 192, mentions only one copy for this year.

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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • 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.
  • Paoletti, Emilio, 8 Reales Cobs of Potosí, 2nd Ed., Buenos Aires, 2006.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
  • [2]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.

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