Bolivia 1794-PTS PR 8 reales

Aureo sale 238, lot 452

This specimen was lot 452 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 70 euro (about US$111 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"1794. Potosí. PR. 8 reales. Rayitas en anverso. MBC-. (eight reales of 1794, Potosí mint. Obverse scratch, nearly Very fine.)"

The assayer PR appears for 1776-95 and assayer PP for 1794-1802.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

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

Catalog reference: Cal. 715, KM 73.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Colleción Leunda, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
• 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.

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