Peru 1824-Cuz G 8 reales

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is a scarce one year type minted in Cuzco, Peru, by the royalists before the final collapse of their cause. The date is also known with assayer T. Harris^[1] mentions finding 41 specimens of the coin versus 505 pieces of the regular Lima issue of 1811-24. The Cuzco mint remained open after independence and struck Republican types until 1846.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16089, KM 117.2.

Source:

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

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