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| − | ''Specification:'' 27.07 g, .903 fine silver, .786 troy oz ASW. | + | ''Specification:'' 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, .786 troy oz ASW. |
''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-12072]], Cal. 861, KM 78. | ''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-12072]], Cal. 861, KM 78. | ||
Revision as of 18:03, 28 February 2024
This specimen was lot 148 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 550 euro (about US$872 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"1780. Lima. MI. 8 reales. Pátina agradable. Escasa así. EBC-/EBC (eight reales of 1780, Lima mint. Nice toning, scarce thus, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1772-89 for Charles III and supplanted the pillar dollar. A slight debasement accompanied the design change. Assayer MI is recorded for 1780-87.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, .786 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-12072, Cal. 861, KM 78.
- Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
- 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.
- [2]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Colleción Leunda, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
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