Bolivia 1706-P Y 8 reales

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Sedwick sale 27, lot 606

This specimen was lot 606 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 27 (Winter Park, FL, May 2020), where it sold for $178.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1706Y. Typically chunky with much peripheral flatness but with three dates, including bold 706 between pillars, full 1706 in legend and bold 06 date below very doubled cross, Fine+ with traces of porosity, toning around details." This type was struck 1701-17 for Philip V. The cobs were debased from 0.931 fine silver to 0.917 fine in 1728 with no change in design.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 grams, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 26.59 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-9199, S-P43a; KM-31; Cal-1541.

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.
  • Paoletti, Emilio, 8 Reales Cobs of Potosí, 2nd Ed., Buenos Aires, 2006.
  • [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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