Peru 1750-L R 1/2 real - Revision history

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "* 1750 real * [[Peru 1750-L R 2 reales"

2026-05-13T19:11:24Z

Text replacement - "* [[Peru 1750-L R 2 reales" to "* 1750 real * [[Peru 1750-L R 2 reales"

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "Guatemala 1750-G 1/2 real" to "Guatemala 1750-G J 1/2 real"

2025-12-05T22:56:03Z

Text replacement - "Guatemala 1750-G 1/2 real" to "Guatemala 1750-G J 1/2 real"

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "* 1750 "royal" 2 reales * [[Peru 1750-L R 8 reales"

2025-12-05T00:01:30Z

Text replacement - "* [[Peru 1750-L R 8 reales" to "* 1750 "royal" 2 reales * [[Peru 1750-L R 8 reales"

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "|1748 ½ real" to "|(1)748 ½ real"

2025-11-21T00:18:14Z

Text replacement - "|1748 ½ real" to "|(1)748 ½ real"

LatinKing2020: revised link

2025-11-21T00:06:48Z

revised link

LatinKing2020: added link

2025-11-20T21:47:06Z

added link

LatinKing2020: added link

2025-05-19T21:50:01Z

added link

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "The fineness was lowered from 0.931 to 0.917 in 1725" to "The fineness was lowered from 0.931 to 0.917 in 1728"

2024-11-01T16:15:20Z

Text replacement - "The fineness was lowered from 0.931 to 0.917 in 1725" to "The fineness was lowered from 0.931 to 0.917 in 1728"

LatinKing2020 at 17:26, 14 May 2024

2024-05-14T17:26:42Z

LatinKing2020: revised link

2024-05-14T17:25:59Z

revised link

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 * [[Guatemala 1750-G J 1/2 real]]
 * [[Mexico 1750-Mo M 1/2 real]]
 * [[Peru 1750-L R 2 reales|1750 "royal" 2 reales]]
 * [[Peru 1750-L R 8 reales|1750 8 reales]]

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 * [[Peru 1749-L R 4 reales|1749 4 reales]]
 * [[Peru 1749-L R 2 escudos|1749 2 escudos]]
-* [[Guatemala 1750-G 1/2 real]]
+* [[Guatemala 1750-G J 1/2 real]]
 * [[Mexico 1750-Mo M 1/2 real]]
 * [[Peru 1750-L R 2 reales|1750 "royal" 2 reales]]

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 * [[Guatemala 1750-G 1/2 real]]
 * [[Mexico 1750-Mo M 1/2 real]]
 * [[Peru 1750-L R 8 reales|1750 8 reales]]
 * [[Peru 1750-L R escudo|1750 escudo]]

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 ''Links to:''
-* [[Peru 1748-L V 1/2 real|1748 ½ real]]
+* [[Peru 1748-L V 1/2 real|(1)748 ½ real]]
 * [[Peru 1749-L R 4 reales|1749 4 reales]]
 * [[Peru 1749-L R 2 escudos|1749 2 escudos]]

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 * [[Peru 1750-L R 4 escudos|1750 4 escudos]]
 * [[Peru 1750-L R 8 escudos|1750 8 escudos]]
-* [[Peru 1752-L J 1/2 real|1752 ½ real, pillar]]
+* [[Peru (1)751-L R 1/2 real|(1)751 ½ real]]
 * [[Coins and currency dated 1750]]
 [[Category: Selections from Aureo sale 391]][[Category:Cob coinage of Latin America and Spain]]

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 [[Image:Aureo391-1329.jpg|550px|thumb|Áureo y Calicó sale 391, lot 1329]]
-This specimen was lot 1329 in Aureo y Calicó sale 391 (Barcelona, June 2022), where it sold for €240 (about US$302 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1750. Fernando VI. Lima. R. 1/2 real. (AC. 42). Tipo monograma, en nuestra opinión, para esta fecha, tanto o más rara que la de tipo castillo. MBC.'' ([[Peru]], Ferdinand VI, half real of 1750, Lima mint, monogram type. In our opinion, for this date, this type is rarer than the castle type. Very fine.)"</blockquote> Despite pleas from locals in Lima for a mint, Spanish authorities preferred to concentrate coinage production at Potosi in Upper Peru. The Lima mint was shuttered multiple times by orders from Spain, not to reopen permanently until 1684. Cob two reales were struck at the Lima mint 1747-52 for Ferdinand VI of Spain and became the "two bits" of pirate lore. The fineness was lowered from 0.931 to 0.917 in 1725. The Mexico City mint was converted to milled coinage in 1732-34 but Lima would not follow suit until 1751.
+This specimen was lot 1329 in Aureo y Calicó sale 391 (Barcelona, June 2022), where it sold for €240 (about US$302 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1750. Fernando VI. Lima. R. 1/2 real. (AC. 42). Tipo monograma, en nuestra opinión, para esta fecha, tanto o más rara que la de tipo castillo. MBC.'' ([[Peru]], Ferdinand VI, half real of 1750, Lima mint, monogram type. In our opinion, for this date, this type is rarer than the castle type. Very fine.)"</blockquote> Despite pleas from locals in Lima for a mint, Spanish authorities preferred to concentrate coinage production at Potosi in Upper Peru. The Lima mint was shuttered multiple times by orders from Spain, not to reopen permanently until 1684. Cob two reales were struck at the Lima mint 1747-52 for Ferdinand VI of Spain and became the "two bits" of pirate lore. The fineness was lowered from 0.931 to 0.917 in 1728. The Mexico City mint was converted to milled coinage in 1732-34 but Lima would not follow suit until 1751.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but an uncommon type, particularly with a legible date.