Bolivia 1800-PTS PP 8 reales
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This specimen was lot 22394 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Las Vegas, August 2020), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. 8 Reales, 1800-PTS PP. Potosi Mint. Charles IV. PCGS AU-58 Gold Shield. A bright and untoned Crown, decently struck, with frosty luster remaining in the fields. From the BKingdom Collection." The assayer PP appears for 1794-1802. Bolivia portrait eight reales are the second most common after Mexico City.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: 27.07 grams, 0.896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-13918, KM-73; FC-35; El-43; Cal-Type-84#723.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2020 ANA Auction: World Coins, featuring the Duke of Lansing Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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