Peru 1820-L 1/4 real
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The first specimen was lot 247 in Aureo y Calicó sale 242 (Barcelona, March 2012), where it sold for 220 € (about US$342 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Fernando VII (1808-1833). 1820. Lima. Cuarto de real. Bella. Precioso color. Escasa así. S/C-. (Ferdinand VII, 1808-33, quarter real of 1820, Lima mint. Handsome, nice color, scarce thus, about uncirculated)."
Cuartillas were struck in Lima starting in 1796. The SCWC divides the issues of Charles IV (KM 102) from those of Ferdinand VII (KM 108) even tho the ruler's name is not marked on the coin.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.84 grams, 0.896 fine silver, .024 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-15032, KM 108, Cal. 1461.
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- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.
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