Bolivia 1679-P C 2 reales
This specimen was lot 71172 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. Cob 2 Reales, 1679-P. Potosi Mint; Assayer Manuel de Cejas (C). Charles II. PCGS AU-50. A wonderfully preserved and well-struck 2 Reales piece. The obverse displays full central devices: both mintmarks, both assayer's initials, denomination, and date. Each mark is eminently readable. Though the reverse details are struck somewhat more flatly, the denomination, mintmark, assayer's initial, date, and the beginning of the monarch's name are all easily decipherable. The surfaces have a pleasant light tone, with darker toning around the devices that makes the details pop. A highly attractive piece with everything that a discerning collector could ask for from the type. From the Pat Johnson Collection." This type was struck in the name of the degenerate Charles II 1667-1701. Assayer Cejas stamped coins only in 1679.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 5.45 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-7337, KM-24; Cal-404.
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- 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.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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