View source for Bolivia 1796-PTS 1/4 real

[[Image:SB222-73126o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73126]]
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This specimen was lot 73126 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $168. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Bolivia|BOLIVIA]]. 1/4 Real, 1796-PTS. Potosi Mint. Charles IV. NGC EF-45. A pleasing example of the type, from the first year of issue. The strike detail is good, with honest, even wear, and the surfaces are pleasantly toned." This is an example of a type struck 1796-1809 at Potosi, Bolivia (then called Upper Peru). Silver quarter reales are also known from Mexico, Guatemala, Chile, Peru and Colombia. After independence, production of quarter reales would not resume until 1852. 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 0.84 g, 0.896 fine silver, .024 troy oz ASW.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-13136]], KM-82; Cal-Type 17#143. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Harris, Robert P., ''Pillars & Portraits,'' San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968. 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022. 

''Link to:''
* [[Bolivia (1789-95) 1/4 real]] narrow castle
* [[Chile 1796-So 1/4 real|Chile 1796 ¼ real]]
* [[Colombia 1796-NR 1/4 real]]
* [[Guatemala 1796-G 1/4 real]]
* [[Mexico 1796-Mo 1/4 real]]
* [[Bolivia 1796-PTS PP 4 reales|1796 4 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1796-PTS PP 8 reales|1796 8 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1796-PTS PP escudo|1796 1 escudo]]
* [[Bolivia 1796-PTS PP 4 escudos|1796 4 escudos]]
* [[Bolivia 1796-PTS PP 8 escudos|1796 8 escudos]]
* [[Bolivia 1797-PTS 1/4 real|1797 ¼ real]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1796]]

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