Peru 1843-Pasco M 2 reales
This specimen was lot 1359 in Sedwick Auction 36 (Winter Park, FL, November 2024), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU, Pasco, 2 reales, 1843 M, mintmark Po, very rare, NGC G 6, finest and only example in NGC census, ex-O'Brien. Toned, evenly worn (probably more like VG with weakly struck Liberty), with a few old marks and rim-bumps, a key one-year type of which no more than a half dozen are known (all in low grade). Pedigreed to the John O'Brien Collection (stated on label), with his tag." The Pasco mint is best known for some rare eight reales of 1836 (KM 142.6) and an intermittent issue of four reales 1843-57 (KM 151.4, 151.5, 151.6, 151.7, 151.9 and 151.10). The two reales is rare as stated by the auctioneers but toils in obscurity, lacking a photo in the SCWC.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.903 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-141.4.
- 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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