Peru 1807-L JP 1/2 real

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Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 75795
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This specimen was lot 75795 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $129. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU. 1/2 Real, 1807-LIMAE JP. Lima Mint. Charles IV. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. From the Richard August Collection." Harris[2] noted of the six mints that struck half reales for Charles IV, Lima is tied with Guatemala as scarce. He found only two-fifths as many as Potosi or Santiago and one seventh as many as Mexico. Assayer "JP" is noted for the years 1803-23.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.896 fine silver, .049 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13342, KM-93; Cal-248.

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.
  • [2]Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [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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