Bolivia 1808-PTS PJ 8 reales KM 84

Aureo sale 238, lot 467

This specimen was lot 467 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 160 euro (about US$254 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"1808. Potosí. PJ. 8 reales. Levísimas rayitas. Bella. Parte de brillo original. Escasa así. EBC. (eight reales of 1808, Potosí mint. Light marks, attractive, lustrous, extremely fine.)"

Assayer PJ is recorded for the years 1803-25. These eight reales of Ferdinand VII dated 1808 were almost certainly minted later as they bear the standard bust of the king not used until 1811 in Mexico.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.896 fine, .780 ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15790, Cal. 599, KM 84.

Source:

• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Colleción Leunda, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.

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