Bolivia 1757-P q 4 reales

from Sedwick Auction 37, lot 1943

This specimen was lot 1943 in Sedwick Auction 37 (Winter Park, FL, May 2025), where it sold for $228. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1757 q, ex-Ponte. VF with nice bold date between pillars, nearly complete cross, surfaces a bit crude with spots of dark encrustation. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection." This type was struck for Philip V through his entire reign. Assayer "q" stamped coins 1744-59. By this time, the Potosí mint was the only mint still striking cobs.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.53 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 12.88 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-10526, S-P54; KM-39; Cal-414.

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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
• ^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Treasure Auction 37, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Almenara Collection of Colonial Peruvian Gold Coins, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.

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