Peru 1798-L IJ 1/2 real

Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 75793

This specimen was lot 75793 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $149. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PERU. 1/2 Real, 1798-LIMAE IJ. Lima Mint. Charles IV. PCGS AU-53. SCARCE. From the Richard August Collection." Per Harris^[2], of the six mints that struck half reales for Charles IV, Lima is tied with Guatemala as scarce, showing only only two-fifths as many as Potosi or Santiago and one seventh as many as Mexico. Assayer "IJ" is noted for the years 1788-1803.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.896 fine silver, .390 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13430, KM-93; Cal-236.

Sources:

• 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.
• ^[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.
• ^[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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