Bolivia 1754-P C 8 reales
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This specimen was lot 76597 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. Cob 8 Reales, 1754-P C. Potosi Mint. Ferdinand VI. NGC AU Details--Environmental Damage." Bolivian cobs can be collected by date, unlike the other mints (Mexico, Lima, Guatemala). This type was struck 1747-60 and assayers "C" and "q" are recorded for 1754. The Potosí mint was the last to abandon the manufacture of cobs, in 1773.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 23.25 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-10597, KM-40; Cal-531.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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