Bolivia 1788-PTS PR 2 reales

Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 75085

This specimen was lot 75085 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $244. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. 2 Reales, 1788-PTS PR. Potosi Mint. Charles III. PCGS AU-53. Cay-11674, KM-53; Cal-740. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck in Bolivia 1773-89. Assayer PR served 1776-95. Harris^[2] notes that Potosi two reales of Charles III are the commonest mint, ahead of Mexico City.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.76 g, 0.903 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-11643, KM-53; Cal-732.

Source:

• ^[2]Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.

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