Bolivia 1824-PTS PJ real

Aureo sale 242, lot 269

This specimen was lot 269 in Aureo y Calico sale 242 (Barcelona, March 2012), where it sold for 340 € (about $528 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Fernando VII (1808-1833). 1824. Potosí. PJ. 1 real. Muy bella. Brillo original. Rara así. S/C-. (Ferdinand VII, 1808-33, one real of 1824, Potosí mint. Very handsome, lustrous, rare thus, about uncirculated)."

This is an example of a type struck 1813-25 at Potosi, Bolivia (then called Upper Peru). It superseded the bust of Carlos IV. Assayer PJ is recorded for 1803-25.

Recorded mintage: unknown but not rare.

Specification: 3.38 g, .896 fine silver, .097 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15365, KM 87, Cal. 1203.

Source:

• 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.
• Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.

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