Difference between revisions of "Peru 1702-L H 8 reales"
(added link) |
m (Text replacement - "The fineness was lowered from 0.931 to 0.917 in 1725" to "The fineness was lowered from 0.931 to 0.917 in 1728") |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
[[Image:Sed34-0303r.jpg|300px|thumb]] | [[Image:Sed34-0303r.jpg|300px|thumb]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 303 in Sedwick sale 34 (Winter Park, FL, November 2023), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Lima, [[Peru]], cob 8 reales, 1702 H. Choice example with full pillars-and-waves containing a bold date and both assayers in addition to mintmark, also good full cross with second mintmark and third assayer flanking and second date below, just off-center enough to show a full PHILIPPVS V in legend (with old scratch there), deeply toned but only minimally corroded. Recovered from: ''Association'', sunk in 1707 off the Isles of Scilly, southwest of England." Cob eight reales were struck at the Lima mint 1701-46 for Philip V of Spain and became the "pieces of eight" of pirate lore. Specimens with legible dates bring triple those without. The fineness was lowered from 0.931 to 0.917 in | + | This specimen was lot 303 in Sedwick sale 34 (Winter Park, FL, November 2023), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Lima, [[Peru]], cob 8 reales, 1702 H. Choice example with full pillars-and-waves containing a bold date and both assayers in addition to mintmark, also good full cross with second mintmark and third assayer flanking and second date below, just off-center enough to show a full PHILIPPVS V in legend (with old scratch there), deeply toned but only minimally corroded. Recovered from: ''Association'', sunk in 1707 off the Isles of Scilly, southwest of England." Cob eight reales were struck at the Lima mint 1701-46 for Philip V of Spain and became the "pieces of eight" of pirate lore. Specimens with legible dates bring triple those without. The fineness was lowered from 0.931 to 0.917 in 1728. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 09:13, 1 November 2024
This specimen was lot 303 in Sedwick sale 34 (Winter Park, FL, November 2023), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1702 H. Choice example with full pillars-and-waves containing a bold date and both assayers in addition to mintmark, also good full cross with second mintmark and third assayer flanking and second date below, just off-center enough to show a full PHILIPPVS V in legend (with old scratch there), deeply toned but only minimally corroded. Recovered from: Association, sunk in 1707 off the Isles of Scilly, southwest of England." Cob eight reales were struck at the Lima mint 1701-46 for Philip V of Spain and became the "pieces of eight" of pirate lore. Specimens with legible dates bring triple those without. The fineness was lowered from 0.931 to 0.917 in 1728.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 25.90 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-9172, S-L15a; KM-34; Cal-1273.
- 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, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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: