Bolivia 1795-PTS PP 1/2 real

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Sedwick Treasure Auction 35, lot 1112
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This specimen was lot 1112 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 35 (Winter Park, FL, May 2024), where it sold for $420. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA, Potosí, bust 1/2 real, Charles IV, 1795 PP, NGC MS 63, finest known in NGC census. Strongly lustrous fields sprinkled with light toning, the rims full and the details sharp, very rare grade for this type (or for any bust 1/2 real)." 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 and assayer PP (shown here) 1795-1802. The early dates featured a curious "local bust." The fineness was reduced from 0.903 to 0.896 in 1786.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.896 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13261; Janson-79.7.2; KM-69; Cal-305.

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.
  • [2]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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 35, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.

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