LatinKing2020: revised Cayón number

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revised Cayón number

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[[Image:SB1025-73442o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers sale of the Kirk Menczer Collection, lot 73442]]
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This specimen was lot 73442 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Bolivia|BOLIVIA]]. Cob Real, 1659-P E. Potosi Mint. Philip IV. PCGS VF-20. From the Richard August Collection." Assayer Rodas was brought in from Spain to restore the purity of the cobs struck at Potosi which had been debased as low as 0.700 fine. He did improve the quality but his product still did not meet the legal standard. He was sacked and replaced by Antonio de Ergueta, who introduced the new "pillars and waves" design which would show the date and assayer's initials on even the worst strike. Ergueta served 1651-78.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.38 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 2.25 g.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-5967]], KM-13; Cal-761.

''[[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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Menzel, Sewall, ''Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins'', New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''October 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors and the Richard August Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Bolivia 1658-P E real|1658 real]]
* [[Bolivia 1659-P E 2 reales|1659 2 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1659-P E 4 reales|1659 4 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1659-P E 8 reales|1659 8 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1660-P E real|1660 real]]
* [[Bolivia 1661-P E 1/2 real|1661 ½ real]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1659]]

[[Category:Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Kirk Menczer sale]]

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 ''Specification:'' 3.38 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 2.25 g.
-''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-5967]], KM-13; Cal-761.
+''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-5807]], KM-13; Cal-761.
 ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''

Bolivia 1659-P E real - Revision history

LatinKing2020: revised Cayón number

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