Peru 1748-L V 4 reales

Sedwick Treasure Auction 36, lot 510

This specimen was lot 510 in Sedwick Auction 36 (Winter Park, FL, November 2024), where it sold for $. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PERU, Lima, cob 4 reales, 1748 V, very rare, ex-Ponte. Choice full pillars containing a full and bold date, the full cross-lions-castles also choice but off-center, clear parts of all three assayers, VF with deeply toned fields, some peripheral flatness. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection." Four reales of this type were struck 1747-51 for Ferdinand VI. Assayer de Vargas stamped his coins 1739-48. Specimens with legible dates are scarce. In 1728, the silver cobs were debased from 0.931 fine to 0.917 fine with no change in design.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 13.83 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-10479; S-L22a; KM-43; Cal-364.

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.
• Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Treasure Auction 36, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Luis R. Ponte collection, the Jorge Becerra Collection and the John M. O'Brien collection, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.

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