Bolivia 1805-PTS 1/4 real

Sedwick sale 25, lot 936

This specimen was lot 936 in Sedwick sale 25 (Winter Park, FL, May 2019), where it sold for $4,462.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Potosi, Bolivia, 1/4 real, 1805, very rare, NGC XF 45, finest and only example in NGC census. Key date of series, this specimen the finest known (none graded at PCGS), deeply toned with underlying luster, choice full strike except for minor flaw from mintmark to rim. NGC #4715670-001." This is an example of a type struck 1796-1809 at Potosi, Bolivia (then called Upper Peru). Silver quarter reales are also known from Mexico, Guatemala, Chile, Peru and Colombia. After independence, production of quarter reales would not resume until 1852.

Recorded mintage: 11,000, a scarce date.

Specification: 0.84 g, 0.896 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13192, Janson-81.12; KM-82; CT-1422.

Source:

• 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Janson, Hector Carlos, La Moneda Circulante En El Territorio Argentino, 1767-1998, Buenos Aires, 1998.
• ^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 25, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.

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