South Peru 1838-Areq MV 4 reales
The specimen shown is a four reales struck at the Arequipa mint in 1838 for the short-lived state of South Peru. The type is not common and was issued for one year. This confederation of Peru and Bolivia was broken up in 1839. Two reales, four reales, eight reales, half escudos, escudos and eight escudos are known for this state. The first coin shown was lot 24618 and sold on Apr 16, 2011 for $1,092.50 at Heritage sale 3014 (Chicago, April 2011). The catalog description reads: "South Peru Sunface 4 Reales 1838 Arequipa, MS63 NGC, Repub-Sud Peruana sunface one-year type. The flan is a bit crude as seemingly always. This coin has a slightly yellowish hue due to its debased 0,666 fineness, but remains attractive and quite desirable. Ex- Hans Schulman (1964). From The Dana Roberts Collection."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.54 g, 0.667 fine silver, 0.290 oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 172.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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