Peru 1817-L JP 2 reales

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from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 23069
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This specimen was lot 23069 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $105.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU. 2 Reales, 1817-JP. NGC AU-55. Slightly weak strike, strong luster." This specimen is one of a series struck 1811-23 during the reign of Ferdinand VII (1808-33). 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 more Peruvian two reales of Ferdinand VII than that of Mexico, so it is safe to say that this type is common. The royalists, being driven out of Lima, set up a temporary mint in Cuzco in 1824 and briefly struck two reales there; these are rare.

Specification: 6.77 grams, 0.896 fine silver, .195 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15526, KM 115.1.

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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • [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]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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