Bolivia 1762-P V Y 8 reales

Aureo sale 238, lot 423

This specimen was lot 423 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 150 euro (about US$238 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"1762. Potosí. V. 8 reales. Doble fecha, una parcial. MBC-. (eight reales of 1762, Potosí mint. Double date, one partial, scarce, nearly very fine.)"

The year 1767 marked the initiation of milled coinage at Potosí, the last mint to do so, but cobs continued to be produced until 1773.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 grams, 0.917 fine silver, .798 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-11909, Cal. 949, KM 45.

Sources:

• 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, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
• Paoletti, Emilio, 8 Reales Cobs of Potosí, 2nd Ed., Buenos Aires, 2006.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Colleción Leunda, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.

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