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This specimen was lot 656 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 39 (Winter Park, FL, May 2026), where it sold for $840. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Peru|PERU]], Lima, cob 8 reales, 1691 R, quatrefoil at top, ex-Ugaz. Well-centered full pillars-and-waves, nearly full cross-lions-castles, two bold dates, contrastingly toned VF+ with some peripheral tooling. Pedigreed to the Jorge Ugaz Collection." This type was the first eight reales issued by the Lima mint after it reopened in 1684. It was struck until 1701 for Charles II. Assayer de Rojas stamped his coins 1685-91 and again in 1695.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 27.07 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 27.19 grams.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-7648]], S-L9; KM-24; Cal-596.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* 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.
* Menzel, Sewall, ''Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins'', New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, '' Auction 39, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs,'' Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2026.

''Links to:''
* [[Peru 1690-L R 8 reales|1690 8 reales]]
* [[Peru 1691-L R 2 reales|1691 2 reales]]
* [[Peru 1691-L R 4 reales|1691 4 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1691-P VR 8 reales]]
* [[Peru 1692-L V 8 reales|1692 8 reales]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1691]]

[[Category:Selections from Sedwick sale 39]][[Category:Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]][[Category: Silver pesos of Latin America]]

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 * 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.
 * Menzel, Sewall, ''Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins'', New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
-* <sup>[1]</sup>Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, '' Auction 39, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs,'' Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2026.
+* <sup>[1]</sup>Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, ''Auction 39, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs,'' Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2026.
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