Peru 1790-L IJ 1/2 real

Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 75784

This specimen was lot 75784 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $219.60. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PERU. 1/2 Real, 1790-LIMAE IJ. Lima Mint. Charles IV. PCGS AU-53. From the Richard August Collection." This specimen is one of a series struck 1789-91 at the beginning of the reign of Charles IV (1788-1808). 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 finding less than one-sixth as many Peruvian half reales of Charles IV as that of Mexico, so it is safe to say that this type is fairly scarce. The fineness was lowered from .903 to .896 in 1785. Assayer IJ is listed for 1787-1803.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.896 fine silver, .390 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13222, KM-83; Cal-227.

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.
^[2]Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.

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