Peru 1698-L H real
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This specimen was lot 74600 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU. Cob Real, 1698-L H. Lima Mint. Charles II. PCGS VF-35. From the Richard August Collection." The regime in Madrid finally permitted the viceroy in Lima to reopen the mint in 1684. This type was struck 1684-1700 for the degenerate Charles II. Assayer Hurtado stamped his coins 1695-1710. A mint operated in Cuzco briefly in 1698 but seems to have struck only gold.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 3.12 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-7307, KM-20; Cal-230.
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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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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