Peru 1816-L 1/4 real
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This specimen was lot 1074 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 26 (Winter Park, FL, November 2019), where it sold for $505.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "Lima, Peru, 1/4 real, 1816, NGC MS 64. Choice strike and bright luster, with very light speckled toning, bold rims, slightly off-center strike, tied with one other for finest known in NGC census behind a single MS 65." Altho the SCWC divides the cuartillas of Lima into KM 102.2 (1796-1808) and KM 108 (1809-23), they are identical except for the date. None bear assayer's initials.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.84 g, 0.896 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-108; CT-1457, Cayón-15014.
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- 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.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 26, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.
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