Peru 1830-Cuz G 8 reales

Heritage sale 3012, lot 28875

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This type was struck at at Cuzco 1830-34. The complete span of Peru standing liberty eight reales runs 1825-55. High grade examples like the one shown always bring a premium. Assayer GM is recorded for the Cuzco mint 1826-27, so the initial G may or may not be one of those people. The example shown was lot 28875 in Heritage sale 3012 (New York, January 2011), where it sold for $431. The catalog description reads: "Republic Cuzco 8 Reales 1830G, AU58 NGC, very choice for a Cuzco example."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, 0.7859 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 142.4.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.

Link to:

• Peru Libre 1822-L 8 reales
• 1825-L 2 reales
• 1826-Cuz 8 escudos
• 1827-L 8 reales
• 1830/28 ¼ real
• 1830-Cuz ½ real
• 1830-L real
• 1830-L 2 reales
• 1830-L 8 reales
• 1830-Cuz escudo
• 1830-Cuz 8 escudos
• 1831-Cuz 8 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1830
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