Peru 1761-L JM 8 reales
This specimen was lot 125 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 310 euro (about US$492 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"1761. Lima. JM. 8 reales. Columnario. Resello oriental. Punto sobre la primera LMA. Suave pátina. Escasa. EBC-. (eight reales of 1761, Lima mint, pillar type. Dot over the first mintmark, chopmark, nice toning, scarce, nearly extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1760-72 for Charles III; for 1761, specimens are known with a dot over both mintmarks.
Mexican numismatists hotly debate which side of the coin constitutes the obverse. Gilboy[1] depicts the shield side as the obverse as that side bears the king's name. However, auction catalogs and dealer listings more frequently use the pillars and globes side as the obverse, as that side bears the date.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine silver, .798 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-11892 (one dot over mintmark), Cal. 836, KM A64.2.
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- 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.
- [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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Colleción Leunda, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
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