Bolivia 1684-P VR real

Sedwick sale 34, lot 1938

This specimen was lot 1938 in Sedwick sale 34 (Winter Park, FL, November 2023), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Potosi, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1684 V+VR, very rare. Very rare type with two clear VR's on the pillars side and a clear V on the cross side. Previously unrecorded type and the first we have offered as a 1 real (examples of the same variety on 8 reales have appeared sporadically). VF with full pillars and clear date, off-center cross with nearly all of king's name showing, minor surface marks on the pillars side." This type was struck in the name of the degenerate Charles II 1667-1701. Assayer de Villar stamped coins with a "V" 1679-84 and a "VR" 1684-97.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 3.27 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-limonite, S-P40; KM-unl (23 for type); Cal-unl.

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.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
• ^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 34, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2023.

Link to:

• 1674 real
• 1684 2 reales
• 1684 4 reales
• 1684 "royal" 8 reales
• 1685 real
• Coins and currency dated 1684