Bolivia 1697-P CH 2 reales

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Sedwick sale 34, lot 918
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from the Stack's Bowers sale of the Kirk Menczer Collection, lot 73479
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The first specimen was lot 918 in Sedwick sale 34 (Winter Park, FL, November 2023), where it sold for $450. The catalog description[1] noted, "Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1697 CH, very rare. AU details with faint surface pitting, left pillar 100% full and choice with date and both assayers clear, nearly full cross with second date below, lightly toned, missing in Karon. Pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 9, with original lot-tag 1224." The second specimen was lot 73479 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[2] noted, "BOLIVIA. Cob 2 Reales, 1697-P CH. Potosi Mint. Charles II. PCGS FINE-15. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1667-1701 for Charles II. It superseded the shield/cross type which was discredited in the debasement scandal of the 1630's and 1640's. Assayer "CH" served 1697 only but left his mark on one, two, four and eight reales (the Potosí mint did not mint gold until the reign of Charles III).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver, the first specimen 6.56 grams, the second specimen 4.29 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-7410, S-P41; KM-24; Cal-431.

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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
  • 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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 34, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2023.
  • [2]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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