La Rioja 1844-B 1/2 real

Heritage sale 3029, lot 31100

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen was lot 31100 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $170.38. The catalog description^[1] noted, "La Rioja. 1/2 Real 1844-B, XF40 NGC. This provisional issue possesses well-struck details for this provisional issue with deeply toned surfaces." This type was struck in Argentina 1844 only and is rather scarcer than the SCWC indicates.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 18 (filed under La Rioja).

Source:

• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1843 2 reales
• 1843 2 escudos
• 1849 4 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1844