Bolivia 1865-PTS FP boliviano

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from Stack's Bowers October 2020 Collectors Choice sale, lot 71132
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Stack's Bowers May 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71174
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The first specimen was lot 71132 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $432. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. Boliviano, 1865-PTS FP. Potosi Mint. NGC MS-63+. Exceptional quality for the type, this choice example presents a great deal of shimmering luster along with a hint of champagne toning. Just one has been graded finer in the NGC census." The second specimen was lot 71174 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[2] noted, "BOLIVIA. Boliviano, 1865-PTS FP. Potosi Mint. PCGS MS-63. This nice Mint State example displays rich details and almost no instances of actual handling." This type was struck in large quantities 1864-68 after Bolivia converted to decimal coinage in 1864. The boliviano was adopted as the successor to the old eight soles and struck in various forms 1864-93. The series contains many rare dates and varieties but this one is common altho the 1866-FE is rare. The silver boliviano effectively ended in 1875; later dates (1877, 1879, 1884, 1887, 1893) exist but they are very rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-152.1.

Source:

  • Almanzar, Alcedo, and Dale Seppa, Coins of Bolivia, 1820-1970, San Antonio, TX: 1970.
  • 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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
  • [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
  • Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.

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