Bolivia 1768-PTS JR real

Aureo sale 232, lot 1256

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen shown was lot 1256 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 150 euros (about US$247 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Carlos III (1759-1788). 1768. Potosí. JR. 1 real. Columnario. Rayita. Buen ejemplar. Escasa así. MBC+. (Charles III, 1759-88, one real of 1768, Potosi mint, pillar type, scratch on reverse, nice example, choice very fine.)

This type was issued from Potosi 1767-70, whereupon the mint reverted to cob production.

Recorded mintage: 96,000.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine silver, .099 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-11290, KM 47, Cal-1592.

Sources:

• 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.
• Gilboy, Frank F., The Milled Columnarios of Central and South America: Spanish American Pillar Coinage, 1732 to 1772, Regina, Saskatchewan: Prairie Wind Publishing, 1999.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

Link to:

• 1767 real
• 1768 ½ real
• Guatemala 1768-G P real
• Mexico 1768-Mo M real
• Peru 1768-L JM real
• 1768 2 reales
• 1768 cob 4 reales
• 1768 pillar 4 reales
• 1768 pillar 8 reales
• 1769 real
• return to Bolivia
• Coins and currency dated 1768