Bolivia 1684-P 1/2 real
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This specimen was lot 72114 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. Cob 1/2 Real, 1684-P. Potosi Mint. Charles II. PCGS VF-35. A boldly struck and well detailed Cob, with clear three digit date. From the S.P. Rutherford Collection." The cob half reales generally did not bear assayers' initials. This type is listed for 1667-1701 fairly cheaply but it des not turn up often.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.69 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 1.45 g.
Catalog reference: KM-22; Cal-173; Cayón-7136.
- 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.
- [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.
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