Peru 1684-L V 2 reales
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This specimen was lot 3418 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU: Carlos II, 1665-1700, AR 2 reales cob, 1684-L, assayer V, with two clear dates, VF." This cob two reales was struck for Charles II 1684-1701. The vast majority lack legible dates. Assayer V is reported for 1684, 1689, 1692-93. The Lima mint was shuttered multiple times by orders from Spain, not to open permanently until 1684.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 4.31 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-7357, KM-21.
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- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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