Peru 1792-L IJ 1/4 real

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 2362

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen was lot 23062 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $305.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PERU. 1/4 Real, 1792L-IJ. NGC EF-45. Good strike with a bold portrait and dark attractive toning." This type was struck 1792-95 and is much rarer than the familiar "lions and castles" type which commenced in 1796.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.84 g, 0.896 fine silver, .024 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13114, KM-99.

Source:

• Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 2, 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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