Bolivia 1682-P V real
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This specimen was lot 73484 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. Cob Real, 1682-P V. Potosi Mint. Charles II. PCGS VF-30. From the Richard August Collection." One reales were struck in this style for Charles II 1667-1701. The date was moved to the center after 1652 and most of this type have at least one legible date. Assayer de Villar stamped coins with a "V" 1679-84 and a "VR" 1684-97.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 2.98 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-7228, KM-23; Cal-273.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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