Peru 1688-L R 8 reales
This specimen was lot 299 in Sedwick sale 34 (Winter Park, FL, November 2023), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1688 R, NGC VF details / cleaned / Association (Shipwreck Blue Label). Very choice for this wreck with bold full pillars (slightly off-center, with flat right side) housing date, assayer and two mintmarks, the cross just as bold but flat at bottom right, nicely toned. With certificate RC-11 from the salvor (Hiron). Recovered from: Association, sunk in 1707 off the Isles of Scilly, southwest of England." This type was the first eight reales issued by the Lima mint after it reopened in 1684. It was struck until 1701 for Charles II. Assayer "R" appears 1685-88 and then intermittently until 1695.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 26.91 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-7628 (rosette over 8), S-L7; KM-24; Cal-593.
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- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- 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, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 34, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2023.
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