Bolivia 1767-P VY real

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 44068

This specimen was lot 44068 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $132. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. Cob Real, 1767-P V-Y. Potosi Mint. Charles III. PCGS VF-25 Gold Shield. Bright and untoned with one legible date and part of another. The Potosi mint inaugurated the production of milled pillar coinage in 1767 but did not cease minting cobs until 1773, a situation which greatly annoyed officials in Madrid." This type was struck 1760-73 and is the last cob one real.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 3.15 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-11283, KM-42; Cal-Type 51#456.

Source:

• 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 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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