Peru 1779-L MJ 8 reales

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in Lima, Peru, 1772-89 in large numbers. This type is readily available from the Mexico City and Potosi mints as well. Guatemala and Santiago also minted this type but those mints are very rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12063, WR-8; KM 78.

Source:

• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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.
• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.

Link to:

• 1778 8 reales
• 1779 4 reales
• Bolivia 1779-PTS PR 8 reales
• Chile 1779-So DA 8 reales
• Guatemala 1779-NG P 8 reales
• Mexico 1779-Mo FF 8 reales
• 1779 8 escudos
• 1787 8 reales
• 1807 4 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1779
• return to coins of Peru