Bolivia 1697-P VR 4 reales

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Sedwick sale 27, lot 638

This specimen was lot 638 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 27 (Winter Park, FL, May 2020), where it sold for $714. The catalog description[1] noted, "Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1697VR. Good full pillars and cross-lions-castles, parts of all three dates and mintmarks, two assayers, VF with some peripheral flatness, contrasting sediment on fields." 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 It superseded the shield/cross type which was discredited in the debasement scandal of the 1630's and 1640's. This date also comes with assayers CH and F.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 grams, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13.59 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-7513, S-P40; KM-25; Cal-544.

Source:

  • 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
  • Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
  • [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 27, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.

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