Bolivia 1789-PTS PR real KM-61

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from the Stack's Bowers 2020 NYINC sale, lot 22282
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This specimen was lot 22282 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. Real, 1789-PTS PR. Potosi Mint. Charles IV. NGC VF-25. Three-year transitional type. Highly elusive as an issue with attractive multicolored hues within the rich base of tone on both sides." This transitional type was struck 1789-91; a posthumous issue of Charles III (KM 52a) was struck also struck in 1789.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.896 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13367, KM-61.

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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
  • Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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