Peru 1810-L JP 4 reales

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 24608

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen was lot 24608 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PERU. 4 Reales, 1810-JP. Lima Mint. PCGS Genuine--Plugged, VG Details Secure Holder. VERY SCARCE type. Local 'Imaginary' portrait of Ferdinand VII. Pierced and repaired at twelve o'clock, surfaces show evidence of extended use in suspension. Toned. Ex: Stack's Bowers & Ponterio 6/2011 sale, lot # 8445." This type of 1810-11 is rare compared to the prior type of Charles IV, struck 1791-1808. It replaced KM 105.1, with a larger imaginary bust of Ferdinand.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.896 fine silver, .390 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15663, KM-105.2; Cal-Type 208 #738; Pa-389.

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.
• 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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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