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* [[Bolivia 1727-P Y real|1727 real, Luis I]] | * [[Bolivia 1727-P Y real|1727 real, Luis I]] | ||
* [[Bolivia 1728-P M 2 reales|1728 "royal" 2 reales]] | * [[Bolivia 1728-P M 2 reales|1728 "royal" 2 reales]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:06, 16 November 2025
This specimen was lot 72153 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. Cob 1/2 Real, 1729. Potosi Mint. Philip V. PCGS F-12. A well struck Cob with bold three digit date. From the S.P. Rutherford Collection." This type was struck for Philip V through his entire reign. Assayer "M" stamped coins 1728-32 but the half reales bear neither mintmark nor assayers' initials. The silver cobs were debased from 0.931 fine to 0.917 fine in 1728.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.69 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 0.69 g.
Catalog reference: KM-27a; Cal-304; Cayón-8210.
- 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.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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