Caracas 1821-BS real

Ponterio sale 160, lot 8574

Courtesy Stack's Bowers Auctions

This specimen is a silver one real issued by the royalists in Caracas, Venezuela, during the wars of independence. "F7" stands for Ferdinand VII, king of Spain, and the design is inspired by the Bolivian cobs which circulated freely in the region. The fineness is not known but is thought to be about 0.700. The specimen shown was lot 8574 in Ponterio sale 160 (Baltimore, June 2012), where it did not sell. The catalog description noted,

"VENEZUELA. Caracus. Real, 1821-BS (B Reversed). RARE. Pierced at 12 o'clock; Reverse: attempted piercing at 6 o'clock. FINE."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.45-3.25 g, silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15346, Stohr-10-C5, KM C5.2.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Stohr, Tomas, El Circulante en la Capitania General de Venezuela, Caracas, Banco Central de Venezuela, 1998.

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