Bolivia 1740-P P 8 reales

Stack's Bowers October 2024 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 72135

This specimen was lot 72135 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $456. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. Cob 8 Reales, 1740-P P. Potosi Mint. Philip V. PCGS EF-40. A boldly struck obverse with mintmark, assayer, and three digit date clear. The reverse shows the same bold strike and information. From the S.P. Rutherford Collection." This type was struck for Philip V through his entire reign. Assayer "M" stamped coins 1737-40 along with assayer "P" for 1740-43. The silver cobs were debased from 0.931 fine to 0.917 fine in 1728. The two assayers are priced the same for 1740.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 26.84 g.

Catalog reference: KM-31a; Cal-1579; Cayón-limonite.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
• Paoletti, Emilio, 8 Reales Cobs of Potosí, 2nd Ed., Buenos Aires, 2006.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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