Peru 1817-L JP 8 reales

Aureo sale 238, lot 195

This specimen was lot 195 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 210 euro (about US$333 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"1817. Lima. JP. 8 reales. Bella. Parte de brillo original. Rara así. EBC+. (eight reales of 1817, Lima mint, handsome, lustrous, choice extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1811-24 for Ferdinand VII and is common. Wide and narrow date varieties are recorded for the year. Assayer JP is recorded for 1803-23.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 27.07 g, .896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15981, Cal. 485, KM 117.1.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Colleción Leunda, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.

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