Bolivia 1790-PTS PR 8 reales

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Aureo sale 238, lot 448

This specimen was lot 448 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 80 euro (about US$127 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1790. Potosí. PR. 8 reales. Busto de Carlos III. Ordinal IV. Escasa. MBC-. (eight reales of 1790, Potosí mint, bust of Charles III with ordinal IV. Nearly very fine.)"

A transitional type, bearing the bust of the deceased Charles III but bearing the name of Charles IV, was issued 1789-90. The assayer PR appears for 1776-95.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 27.07 grams, 0.896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13841, Cal. 711, KM 64.

Sources:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Colleción Leunda, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
  • Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
  • Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.

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