Bolivia 1760-P Yq 8 reales
This specimen was lot 668 in Sedwick Auction 36 (Winter Park, FL, November 2024), where it sold for $. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1760 Y-q-(V), very rare, ex-Mastalir. Chunky flan showing full pillars with full and clear date, partial Y at upper right and q at bottom left (the V to right of cross not visible but known from another example), very rare "triple assayer" final issue of Ferdinand VI followed by V-Y under Charles III in the same year (see 1985 monograph by Carlos Janson in Cuadernos de Numismática y Ciencias Históricas), off-center cross, XF+ with light sediment on fields, flat peripheries with typical surface roughness (as made). Pedigreed to the Roberto Mastalir Collection, with his tag." This type was struck for Ferdinand VI 1747-60. The SCWC lists only assayer "q" for 1760 while assayer "V" stamped coins for Charles III, who succeeded in 1759. By this date, Mexico, Nuevo Reino, Guatemala, Santiago and Lima were striking pillar dollars.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 25.85 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-10648; S-unl; KM 40 (unlisted assayer); Cal-unl (Type 65).
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- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Paoletti, Emilio, 8 Reales Cobs of Potosí, 2nd Ed., Buenos Aires, 2006.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Treasure Auction 36, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Luis R. Ponte collection, the Jorge Becerra Collection and the John M. O'Brien collection, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.
Link to:
- 1759-q 8 reales
- 1760 real
- 1760-V 2 reales, Ferdinand VI
- 1760-VY 4 reales, Charles III
- Colombia 1760-NR JV 8 reales
- Guatemala 1760-G P 8 reales
- Mexico 1760 8 reales, Ferdinand VI
- Mexico 1760 8 reales, Charles III
- Peru 1760-L JM 8 reales
- Honduras (1824) c/s 8 reales Comayagua, royal crown counterstamped on a Bolivia 1760 cob 8 reales
- 1761 8 reales
- Coins and currency dated 1760