Peru 1828-L JM real
This specimen was lot 1366 in Sedwick Auction 36 (Winter Park, FL, November 2024), where it sold for $2,160. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU, Lima, 1 real, 1828 JM, NGC MS 63, "top pop," ex-O'Brien. Blazingly lustrous with choice strike and pristine surfaces all over, slightly off-center strike with rims to match, tied with one other for finest in the NGC census. Pedigreed to the John O'Brien Collection, with his tag." This type was struck 1826-1840 at the Lima mint and 1827-31 at Cuzco. The date is listed in the SCWC as common, though all Peruvian minors are scarcer in nice condition than the catalog values would indicate. Assayer JM is recorded for 1825-31. It was legal tender in the United States until 1857 for 12½¢.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.903 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-145.1.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Treasure Auction 36, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Luis R. Ponte collection, the Jorge Becerra Collection and the John M. O'Brien collection, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.
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