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[[Image:SB824-41383o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 41383]]
 
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This 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.
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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 ½ escudo]]
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* [[Peru 1851-L MB 1/2 escudo|1851 ½ escudo]]
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* [[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]]
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[[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

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 41383
SB824-41383r.jpg
from the Mountain Groan Collection
Peru 1851 cuartilla rev DSLR.jpg

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.

Source:

  • 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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