Bolivia 1674-P E real
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This specimen was lot 3781 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $114. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA: Carlos II, 1665-1700, AR real, 1674-P, assayer E, Potosí Mint cob issue, light reverse corrosion, Choice VF, ex Daniel Frank Sedwick; ex Fuller Collection." This type, struck 1667-1701, is probably the most common one real cob. It is the only one that can be collected by date. The corrosion mentioned in the auction description likely accounts for this specimen's light weight.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 2.45 g.
Catalog reference: KM-23, Cayón-7198.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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.
- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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