Peru 1752-L R 8 reales
This specimen was lot 556 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1752R, extremely rare final date of Lima cobs, PCGS XF45, finest and only example in either PCGS or NGC censuses. Typically very crude flan (per the period, requiring an extra thick slab from PCGS), somewhat rectangular, with good centers but peripheries flat, the assayer full and clear but the date manifest as just the tops of three digits on both sides (still certain), in fact only the second example we have seen (the other sold by Aureo in May 2014 for $1225), in addition to a single-known Royal (Calico #440), in any case a very important piece for collectors of "first and last dates" within each series." The issue of cobs from Lima officially ended in 1751.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 27.92 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-unlisted, S-L23; KM-44 (unlisted date); Cal-450.
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- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
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- [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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