Bolivia 1816-PTS PJ 4 reales

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This is an example of a type struck 1816-25 at Potosi, Bolivia (then called Upper Peru). It superseded the bust of Carlos IV. Assayer PJ is recorded for 1803-24. This is listed as a common type, cheaper than Ferdinand VII four reales from Peru or Mexico, but this is the first one we have located for the Wiki.

Recorded mintage: 31,000.

Specification: 13.53 g, 0.896 fine silver, .389 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15722, KM 88.

Source:

• 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1816 1 real
• 1816 2 reales
• Guatemala 1816-NG M 4 reales
• Mexico 1816-D MZ 4 reales
• Mexico 1816-Mo JJ 4 reales
• Spain 1816-M GJ 4 reales
• 1816 8 reales
• 1819 4 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1816
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