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This specimen was lot 771 in Sedwick Auction 36 (Winter Park, FL, November 2024), where it sold for $. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 2 reales, 1773/2 V-Y, V at lower right on pillars side, very rare, ex-Mastalir. Bold full pillars with very clear 773/2 (especially the overdate), full V at top right and most of same at bottom right, with clear P at top left and what appears to be the top of a Y at bottom left, bold but off-center cross, only Fine (and a little underweight) but with very nice old toning. Pedigreed to the Roberto Mastalir Collection, with his tag." This type was struck for Charles III 1760-73 and this was the final date of cob production at any colonial mint. Portrait coinage was introduced to Upper Peru in 1773 along with a debasement to 0.903 fine. Cobs, however, continued to circulate for decades thereafter, as numerous counterstamps attest.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 5.57 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-limonite; S-P59; KM-43; Cal-704.
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- [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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