Bolivia 1792-PTS PR 1/2 real

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This is an example of a type struck 1791-1808 at Potosi, Bolivia (then called Upper Peru). It replaced the half real of Charles III but is scarcer. Assayer PR is recorded for 1776-95. The early dates featured a curious "local bust."

Recorded mintage: unknown but not common.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.896 fine silver, .048 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13240, KM 51a.

Source:

• ^[1]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.
• 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.

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• 1791 ½ real, bust of Charles IV
• Chile 1792 ½ real
• Colombia 1792-NR JJ 1/2 real
• Guatemala 1792 ½ real
• Mexico 1792-Mo FM 1/2 real
• Peru 1792-L IJ 1/2 real
• 1792 4 reales
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• 1792 escudo
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