Bolivia 1792-PTS PR 8 reales

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Aureo sale 238, lot 450

This specimen was lot 450 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 175 euro (about US$278 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1792. Potosí. PR. 8 reales. Buen ejemplar. Parte de brillo original. Escasa así. EBC-. (eight reales of 1792, Potosí mint. Nice example, lustrous, scarce thus, about extremely fine.)"

The SCWC lists this second year of the type about 20% higher than the common dates. The assayer PR appears for 1776-95.

Recorded mintage: unknown but slightly scarce.

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

Catalog reference: Cayón-13858, Cal. 713, KM 73.

Sources:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [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.
  • 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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