Peru 1762-L JM 4 reales

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Aureo sale 232, lot 1266

The specimen shown was lot 1266 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 325 euros (about US$536 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"Carlos III (1759-1788). 1762. Lima. JM. 4 reales. Columnario. Punto sobre las dos LMA. Rara. MBC (Charles III, 1759-88, four reales of 1762, Lima mint, pillar type, dots over both mintmarks, rare, very fine.)

This date is recorded with two dots; unlike the eight reales, no single dot varieties are recorded. It is a common date for a rather scarce type. Assayer JM is recorded for 1755-74.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.917 fine silver, .399 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-11697, KM-63, Cal-1070.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • Gilboy, Frank F., The Milled Columnarios of Central and South America: Spanish American Pillar Coinage, 1732 to 1772, Regina, Saskatchewan: Prairie Wind Publishing, 1999.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [2]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.

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