Bolivia 1831-PTS JL 8 soles
This specimen was lot 1550 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $152.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA: AR 8 soles, Potosi, 1831-PTS, assayer JL, better date, unusually well-struck, trace of faint surface hairlines, some original luster, Unc." This type was struck in large quantities 1827-40 after Bolivian independence. It was struck in Potosi. This coin usually comes poorly struck on bad planchets. Later eight soles were struck to the same weight standard until 1859, when the weight was lowered to 20 grams.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date. Assayer JF is also reported for 1831 but is scarce.
Specification: 27 g, 0.903 fine silver, edge reeded and lettered AYACUCHO SUCRE 1824; this specimen 26.98 g.
Catalog reference: KM-97.
- Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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