Bolivia 1800-PTS PP real

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Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1343

This specimen was lot 1343 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $108. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA: Carlos IV, 1788-1808, AR real, 1800-PTS, NGC graded AU58." This is an example of a type struck 1791-1809 at Potosi, Bolivia (then called Upper Peru). It was replaced in 1813 by the bust of Ferdinand VII. Harris[1] notes that Potosi one reales of Charles IV are tied with Mexico City as the commonest mint yet many dates are scarce. Assayer PP is recorded for 1795-1803.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a better date.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.896 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13450, KM-70.

Source:

  • [1]Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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