Bolivia 1778-PTS PR 1/2 real

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Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1342

This specimen was lot 1342 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $78. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA: Carlos III, 1759-1788, AR 1/2 real, 1778-PTS, NGC graded EF40." This is an example of a type struck 1773-89 at Potosi, Bolivia (then called Upper Peru). It was replaced in 1791 by the bust of Charles IV. Harris[2] notes that Potosi half reales of Charles III are second to Mexico City as the commonest mint. Assayer PR is recorded for 1776-95.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a better date.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.903 fine silver, .049 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-11154, KM-51.

Source:

  • [2]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 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.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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