Bolivia 1752-P q 8 reales

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Áureo y Calicó sale 345, lot 510

This specimen was lot 510 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €455 (about US$601 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1752. Fernando VI. Potosí. q. 8 reales. Marcas de ceca y ensayador en posiciones intercambiadas. Esta fecha no figuraba en la Colección Sellschopp, con éste peculiar reverso, no consta en Krause. Rarísima con el ordinal del rey erróneo. ¿Única conocida?. MBC+/MBC. (kingdom of Spain, Ferdinand VI, eight reales of 1752, Potosí mint. Mintmark and assayer's initial interchanged; not shown in the Sellschopp collection or in Krause. Extremely rare error, the only one known? Very fine.)"

The Spanish colony of Upper Peru produced hammered cob coinage at the Potosí mint from 1573 to 1773, with a major debasement scandal and subsequent reform occurring in 1649-1652. The period 1767-1770 saw simultaneous issue of milled columnarios. The royal or presentation issues are very rare and highly sought after, while the regular strikes vary in price according to the visibility of the date, mint, and assayer initials.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 silver, 0.798 oz ASW, this specimen 27,09 g.

Catalog reference: KM 40, Cal-364 var, Cayón-10574.

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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Paoletti, Emilio, 8 Reales Cobs of Potosí, 2nd Ed., Buenos Aires, 2006.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 345: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.

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