Peru 1803-L IJ real

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is one of a series struck 1791-1808 at Lima, Peru, during the reign of Charles IV (1788-1808). Assayer IJ is listed thru 1804; assayer JP for 1803-21. The years 1791-93 saw the use of a local bust slightly larger than the standard bust of later years. As a class, colonial coinage of Peru is much less plentiful than that of Mexico, tho it is more available than the remaining mints. However, Harris^[1] noted the abundance of Charles IV one reales as follows: Mexico City, Potosi, Santiago (all common), Lima, Guatemala (somewhat scarce), Bogotá (rare).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 grams, 0.896 fine silver, .097 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13471, KM 94.

Source:

• ^[1]Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
• 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.

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• 1796 real
• 1803 ¼ real
• Guatemala 1803-NG M real
• Spain 1803-M FA real
• Mexico 1803-Mo FT real
• 1803 4 reales
• 1803-IJ 8 reales
• 1803-JP 8 reales
• 1803 2 escudos
• 1803 8 escudos
• 1807 real
• Coins and currency dated 1803
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