Bolivia 1767-PTS JR 8 reales

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Aureo sale 232, lot 200

The specimen shown was lot 200 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 8,500 euros (about US$14,025 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Carlos III (1759-1788). 1767. Potosí. JR. 8 reales. Columnario. Rosa de 4 pétalos. Insignificante marquita en reverso. Rayita. Bellísima. Brillo original. Rarísima así. EBC+. (Charles III, 1759-88, eight reales of 1767, Potosí mint, pillar type, with four-petalled roses. Tiny mark on reverse, beautiful, original luster, very rare thus, choice extremely fine.)

This type was issued from Potosi 1767-70, whereupon the mint reverted to cob production.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine silver, .798 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-11952, WR-13; Eliz-3; KM 50, Cal-966.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • Gilboy, Frank F., The Milled Columnarios of Central and South America: Spanish American Pillar Coinage, 1732 to 1772, Regina, Saskatchewan: Prairie Wind Publishing, 1999.
  • Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
  • [1] Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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