Peru 1753-L J 1/2 real

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Aureo sale 261, lot 365

This specimen was lot 365 in Aureo y Calicó sale 261 (Barcelona, July 2014), where it sold for 160 euro (about US$___). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1753/2/1. Fernando VI. Lima. J. 1/2 real. Columnario. Pátina. Escasa. MBC. (Ferdinand VI, 1746-59, half real of 1753, Lima mint, pillar type. Scarce, very fine.)"

This specimen is one of a series struck 1751-60 during the reign of Ferdinand VI (1746-59). The variety shown is an overdate, 1753/1. As a class, colonial coinage of Peru is much less plentiful than that of Mexico, tho it is more available than the remaining mints. However, Harris[2] noted only one-fifth as many Peruvian half reales of Charles III as that of Mexico, so it can generally be said that these fractionals are scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 grams, 0.917 fine silver, 0.049 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-10189 (overdate), Cal. 638 var, KM 51.

Sources:

  • [1]Gilboy, Frank F., The Milled Columnarios of Central and South America: Spanish American Pillar Coinage, 1732 to 1772, Regina, Saskatchewan: Prairie Wind Publishing, 1999.
  • Yonaka, Brad, A Variety Guide to the Pillar Coinage of the Guatemala, Bogota, Lima, Potosi, and Santiago Mints, 1752-1771, Long Beach, CA: Agorocu Consulting, 2018.
  • [2]Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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