Bolivia 1853-PTS FP 8 soles

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Aureo y Calicó sale 422, lot 3189

This specimen was lot 3189 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 150 € (about US$194 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Bolivia. 1853. Potosí. FP. 8 soles. Resello oriental, raro sobre esta moneda. AG. MBC [Oriental chop mark, rare on this coin, very fine]." This type was struck in reasonable quantities 1852-56 after Bolivian independence. It is slightly less common than the earlier laureate head designs (KM 97 and KM 103) but it is not rare. This coin often comes poorly struck on bad planchets.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27 g, 0.903 fine silver, this specimen 26,62 g.

Catalog reference: KM 112.1.

Sources:

  • Almanzar, Alcedo, and Dale Seppa, Coins of Bolivia, 1820-1970, San Antonio, TX: 1970.
  • 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.
  • Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

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