Peru 1752-L R real
This specimen was lot 763 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 39 (Winter Park, FL, May 2026), where it sold for $510. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU, Lima, cob 1 real, 1752 R, cross side struck from 2R die, unique(?), ex-Ugaz. Small flan with clearly oversized cross (first we have seen, but typical for the period), full pillars with full 752 date (desirable final year of Lima cobs), Fine with sediment in crevices. Pedigreed to the Jorge Ugaz Collection." This type was struck 1747-51 for king Ferdinand VI and is the last cob one real struck in Peru. Assayer R stamped his coins 1748-51. Lima finally began the conversion to milled coinage in 1751, starting with the gold coinage.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 2.79 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-unlisted, S-L23; KM-42 (unlisted date); Cal-unl (Type 25).
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
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- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Auction 39, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2026.
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