Bolivia 1805-PTS PJ escudo

Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 72296

This specimen was lot 72296 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. Escudo, 1805-PTS PJ. Potosi Mint. Charles IV. NGC MS-63. This is a truly RARE Spanish Colonial Gold type. Mintage of 613 pieces, and only two have graded MS 63 or higher. A few obverse toning lines are noted. Clearly a high end Mint State coin with sparkling golden luster and a powerful portrait of the Spanish king." This type is very scarce as is most colonial gold from Bolivia. Assayer PJ is recorded for 1803-24.

Recorded mintage: 613.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.875 fine gold, .095 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14121, Fr-17; KM-78.

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.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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