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[[Image:SB824-41383o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 41383]] | [[Image:SB824-41383o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 41383]] | ||
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| + | [[Image:Peru 1851 cuartilla obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]] | ||
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| − | + | The first specimen was lot 41383 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $264. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Peru|PERU]]. 1/4 Real, 1851/21-LIMA. Lima Mint. NGC MS-61. Shimmery and attractive, this 1/4 Real showcases a clear overdate amid a light mottling of tone. From the EMO Collection." This type was struck at Lima 1826-56. The date is listed in the SCWC as slightly better. All Peruvian minors are scarcer in nice condition than the catalog values would indicate; among the quarter reales, only the 1855 is frequently seen. Many overdates are listed, including 1851/21 and 1851/31. | |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
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* [[Peru 1851-L MB 4 reales|1851-L 4 reales]] | * [[Peru 1851-L MB 4 reales|1851-L 4 reales]] | ||
* [[Peru 1851-L MB 8 reales|1851-L 8 reales]] | * [[Peru 1851-L MB 8 reales|1851-L 8 reales]] | ||
| − | * [[Peru 1851-L MB 1/2 escudo|1851-L | + | * [[Peru 1851-L MB 1/2 escudo|1851 ½ escudo]] |
| + | * [[Peru 1851-L MB 2 escudos|1851 2 escudos]] | ||
* [[Peru 1853 1/4 real|1853 ¼ real]] | * [[Peru 1853 1/4 real|1853 ¼ real]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1851]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1851]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale]][[Category:Silver cuartillas of Latin America]] | + | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale]][[Category:Silver cuartillas of Latin America]][[Category: Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]] |
Latest revision as of 09:50, 9 December 2025
The first specimen was lot 41383 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU. 1/4 Real, 1851/21-LIMA. Lima Mint. NGC MS-61. Shimmery and attractive, this 1/4 Real showcases a clear overdate amid a light mottling of tone. From the EMO Collection." This type was struck at Lima 1826-56. The date is listed in the SCWC as slightly better. All Peruvian minors are scarcer in nice condition than the catalog values would indicate; among the quarter reales, only the 1855 is frequently seen. Many overdates are listed, including 1851/21 and 1851/31.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.84 g, 0.903 fine silver.
Catalog reference: EMO-3326.2 (Plate coin); KM-143.1.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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