Peru 1659-L V real

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Sedwick Treasure Auction 28, lot 217
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This specimen was lot 217 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[1] noted, "Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, "Star of Lima" type, 1659V. Small flan from corrosion but with bold full L*M / 1659 above waves between pillars, good but off-center cross, nicely toned all over. With ROBCAR tag and photo-certificate #M20190. Recovered from: Consolacion, sunk in 1681 off Santa Clara Island, Ecuador." This type was struck 1659-60 during a brief period when the Lima mint was opened without royal authorization. "Star of Lima" cobs were struck in one, two, four and eight reales in silver and eight escudos in gold. The mint was shuttered again by orders from Spain, not to reopen until 1684. This specimen has lost over half its mass to corrosion.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 1.24 grams.

Catalog reference: S-L5; KM-15; Cal-676, Cayón-5806.

Source:

  • Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, 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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
  • [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 28, featuring the Dr. Peter Jones and John O'Brien collections, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.

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