Bolivia 1824-PTS PJ 1/2 real

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from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 22067
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This is an example of a type struck 1814-25 at Potosi, Bolivia (then called Upper Peru) during the reign of Ferdinand VII. This specimen was lot 22067 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $164.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. 1/2 Real, 1824-PtsPJ. NGC MS-64. Great strike with lovely toning." Harris[2] notes that Potosi half reales of Ferdinand VII are tied with Guatemala as the second commonest mint after Mexico City. Assayer PJ is recorded for 1803-24. Upper Peru was the last region of South America to declare independence from Spain, and then only to avoid annexation by Peru or Argentina.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.896 fine silver, .048 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15189, KM 90.

Source:

  • [2]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.
  • Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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