Peru 1807-L JP escudo

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This coin was minted in Lima, Peru, of a type struck 1791-1808 using the standard bust of Charles IV. This type is the most numerous of one escudo issues from Peru but it is much scarcer than contemporary dates from Mexico or Colombia.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.875 fine gold, .095 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14130, KM 89.

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.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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• 1805 escudo
• 1807 real
• 1807 2 reales
• 1807 8 reales
• Bolivia 1807-PTS PJ escudo
• Chile 1807-So FJ escudo
• Colombia 1807-NR JJ escudo
• Colombia 1807-P JF escudo
• Mexico 1807-Mo TH escudo
• Spain 1807-M FA escudo
• 1807 4 reales
• 1808 2 reales
• 1808 2 escudos
• 1807 8 escudos
• 1808 escudo, Charles IV
• Coins and currency dated 1807
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