Bolivia 1754-P C 8 reales - Revision history

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "Potosi mint" to "Potosí mint"

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Text replacement - "Potosi mint" to "Potosí mint"

LatinKing2020: added Cayón number

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[[Image:SB225-76597o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 76597]]
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This specimen was lot 76597 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $312. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Bolivia|BOLIVIA]]. Cob 8 Reales, 1754-P C. Potosi Mint. Ferdinand VI. NGC AU Details--Environmental Damage." Bolivian cobs can be collected by date, unlike the other mints (Mexico, [[Peru 1753-L J 8 reales|Lima]], Guatemala). This type was struck 1747-60 and assayers "C" and "q" are recorded for 1754. The Potosi mint was the last to abandon the manufacture of cobs, in 1773.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 27.07 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 23.25 g.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-limonite]], KM-40; Cal-531.

''[[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, ''February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

''Links to:''
* [[Bolivia 1753-P C 8 reales|1753-C 8 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1753-P Q 8 reales|1753-q 8 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1754-P C 2 reales|1754-C 2 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1754-P C 4 reales|1754-C 4 reales]]
* [[Guatemala 1754-G J 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1754-Mo MF 8 reales]]
* [[Mexico 1754-Mo MM 8 reales]]
* [[Peru 1754-L JD 8 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1754-P Q 8 reales|1754-q 8 reales]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1754]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]][[Category: Silver pesos of Latin America]]

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 [[Image:SB225-76597r.jpg|300px|thumb]]
-This specimen was lot 76597 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $312. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Bolivia|BOLIVIA]]. Cob 8 Reales, 1754-P C. Potosi Mint. Ferdinand VI. NGC AU Details--Environmental Damage." Bolivian cobs can be collected by date, unlike the other mints (Mexico, [[Peru 1753-L J 8 reales|Lima]], Guatemala). This type was struck 1747-60 and assayers "C" and "q" are recorded for 1754. The Potosi mint was the last to abandon the manufacture of cobs, in 1773.
+This specimen was lot 76597 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $312. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Bolivia|BOLIVIA]]. Cob 8 Reales, 1754-P C. Potosi Mint. Ferdinand VI. NGC AU Details--Environmental Damage." Bolivian cobs can be collected by date, unlike the other mints (Mexico, [[Peru 1753-L J 8 reales|Lima]], Guatemala). This type was struck 1747-60 and assayers "C" and "q" are recorded for 1754. The Potosí mint was the last to abandon the manufacture of cobs, in 1773.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

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 ''Specification:'' 27.07 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 23.25 g.
-''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-limonite]], KM-40; Cal-531.
+''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-10597]], KM-40; Cal-531.
 ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''