Peru 1787-L MI 8 reales

Goldberg sale 46, lot 1166

photo courtesy Ira & Larry Goldberg

This type was struck in Lima, Peru, 1772-89 in large numbers. This specimen was lot 1166 in Goldberg sale 46 (Beverly Hills, May 2008), where it sold for $3,450. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Peru. 8 Reales, 1787/6-MI (Lima). Charles III, 1759-1788. Bust of Charles III right. Reverse: Crowned arms between pillars. The centers a trifle soft, yet complete. Lovely satiny luster throughout. Lightly toned. NGC graded MS-63."

Recorded mintage: 3,318,000.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12120 (overdate), WR-8; KM 78.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, and Larry Goldberg, Goldberg Sale 46: the Millenia Collection, Beverly Hills, CA: Ira and Larry Goldberg Auctioneers, 2008.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.

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• other specimens in The Millenia Collection.
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