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The first specimen was lot 469 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 220 euro (about US$349 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1813. Potosí. PJ. 8 reales. Escasa y más así. MBC+/EBC-.'' (eight reales of 1813, Potosí mint. Scarce, choice very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The second specimen was lot 470 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 1,900 euro (about US$3,013 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1813. Potosí. PJ. 8 reales. Error FERDIN IIV. Pátina. Atractiva. Muy rara. MBC/MBC+. '' (eight reales of 1813, Potosí mint, "FERDIN IIV" error. Toned, attractive, very rare, choice very fine.)"</blockquote> Assayer PJ is recorded for the years 1803-24. No Potosí mint coins are known dated 1810-12. In 1813, the royalists recaptured the mint from [[Argentina 1813-PTS J 8 reales|the Argentines]] and resumed the issue of Ferdinand VII pesos. The second specimen is a well known error catalogued at ten times the price of the normal issue.
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The first specimen was lot 469 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 220 euro (about US$349 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1813. Potosí. PJ. 8 reales. Escasa y más así. MBC+/EBC-.'' (eight reales of 1813, Potosí mint. Scarce, choice very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The second specimen was lot 470 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 1,900 euro (about US$3,013 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1813. Potosí. PJ. 8 reales. Error FERDIN IIV. Pátina. Atractiva. Muy rara. MBC/MBC+. '' (eight reales of 1813, Potosí mint, "FERDIN IIV" error. Toned, attractive, very rare, choice very fine.)"</blockquote> Assayer PJ is recorded for the years 1803-25. No Potosí mint coins are known dated 1810-12. In 1813, the royalists recaptured the mint from [[Argentina 1813-PTS J 8 reales|the Argentines]] and resumed the issue of Ferdinand VII pesos. The second specimen is a well known error catalogued at ten times the price of the normal issue.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but common; the error is rare.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but common; the error is rare.

Latest revision as of 15:37, 2 November 2024

Aureo sale 238, lot 469
Aureo sale 238, lot 470

The first specimen was lot 469 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 220 euro (about US$349 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1813. Potosí. PJ. 8 reales. Escasa y más así. MBC+/EBC-. (eight reales of 1813, Potosí mint. Scarce, choice very fine to extremely fine.)"

The second specimen was lot 470 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 1,900 euro (about US$3,013 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1813. Potosí. PJ. 8 reales. Error FERDIN IIV. Pátina. Atractiva. Muy rara. MBC/MBC+. (eight reales of 1813, Potosí mint, "FERDIN IIV" error. Toned, attractive, very rare, choice very fine.)"

Assayer PJ is recorded for the years 1803-25. No Potosí mint coins are known dated 1810-12. In 1813, the royalists recaptured the mint from the Argentines and resumed the issue of Ferdinand VII pesos. The second specimen is a well known error catalogued at ten times the price of the normal issue.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common; the error is rare.

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

Catalog reference: Cayón-15909, Cal. 601, Cal. 602, 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, vol. 1, 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.
  • 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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