Bolivia 1819-PTS PJ 4 reales
This specimen was lot 2845 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 50 € (about US$65 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1819. Fernando VII. Potosí. PJ. 4 reales. Escasa. BC/BC+ [scarce, fine or better]." Assayer PJ is recorded for the years 1803-25. The Potosí mint changed hands several times during 1813-15 between the Argentines (republicans) and Bolivians (royalists). By 1816, the royalists had resumed their firm grip on Upper Peru which they held until 1825. Only the final crushing defeat of Spanish forces outside Lima prompted the local chiefs to declare independence and then only to avoid incorporation into Peru or Argentina.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.54 g, 0.896 fine silver, this specimen 13,05 g.
Catalog reference: KM 88, AC. 1102, Cayón-15743.
- 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.
- Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.
Link to: