Peru 1699-L R 8 reales
This specimen was lot 820 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 35 (Winter Park, FL, May 2024), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU, Lima, cob 8 reales, 1699 R, ex-Woodside. Choice full pillars with very bold date, nearly full cross-lions-castles with second date below, flat peripheries with small cracks and old test-cut, attractively toned XF+. Pedigreed to the Rob Woodside Collection." The mint at Lima operated briefly in the 1560's before the Potosi mint was opened and operated again 1659-60 without the permission of royal officials. Not until 1684 was the mint opened on a permanent basis and four reales of this type were struck until 1700. Assayer Hurtado stamped his coins 1696-1710; his tenure was interrupted by de Rojas in 1699. Specimens with legible dates are scarce. The mintage of gold commenced in 1696.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 27.51 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-7699; S-L14; KM-24; Cal-606.
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- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 35, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.
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