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[[Image:SB823-53793o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 53793]]
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This specimen was lot 53793 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $288. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Bolivia|BOLIVIA]]. Cob 8 Reales, 1701-P F. Potosi Mint. Charles II. NGC VF-20. Posthumous issue struck in the first year of the reign of Philip V." Altho Charles II died unmourned in 1700, the transition to the new king Philip V did not occur at the Potosí mint until 1701, the news travelling slowly in those days. Cobs were struck in the names of both king in 1701 and even into 1702.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

''Specification:'' 27.07 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 26.1 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-26; Cal-747, [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-7714]]. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, ''Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes,'' 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. 
* Menzel, Sewall, ''Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins,'' New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* Paoletti, Emilio, ''8 Reales Cobs of Potosí, 2nd Ed.,'' Buenos Aires, 2006.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

''Link to:''
* [[Bolivia 1700-P F 8 reales|1700-F 8 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1701-P Y 2 reales|1701-Y 2 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1701-P Y 4 reales|1701-Y 4 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1701-P Y 8 reales|1701-Y 8 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1702-P Y 8 reales|1702 8 reales]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1701]]

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