Peru 1811-L JP 1/2 real

Aureo sale 243, lot 860

This specimen was lot 860 in Aureo y Calicó sale 243 (Barcelona, April 2012), where it sold for 120 € (about US$181 including buyer's fees). The catalog^[1] noted,

"Fernando VII (1808-1833). 1811. Fernando VII. Lima. JP. 1/2 real. Primer año de busto propio. Rara. BC. (Half real of 1811, Lima mint, first year of the proper bust. Rare, fine.)"

This specimen is one of a series struck 1811-21 at Lima, Peru, during the reign of Ferdinand VII (1808-33). Assayer JP is listed for 1803-21. As a class, colonial coinage of Peru is much less plentiful than that of Mexico, tho it is more available than the remaining mints.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 grams, 0.896 fine silver, .048 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15062, KM 113.1, Cal. 1304.

Source:

• Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.

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