Peru 1790-L IJ 8 reales

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Aureo sale 238, lot 160

This specimen was lot 160 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 420 euro (about US$666 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1790. Lima. IJ. 8 reales. Busto de Carlos III. Ordinal IV. Golpecitos. Muy escasa. MBC+/EBC (eight reales of 1790, Lima mint, bust of Charles III with the ordinal of Charles IV. Rim bumps, very scarce, extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1789-91 for Charles IV as a transitional type until hubs with the bust of Charles IV were available. Assayer IJ is recorded for 1787-1803.

Recorded mintage: 3,467,000.

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

Catalog reference: Cayón-13837, Cal. 642, KM 87.

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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Colleción Leunda, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
  • 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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