1792 IJ Peru 1 Real Milled Bust King Charles III Lima Mint World Silver Coin

Description

Peru 1792 I.J. ☆ 1 Real ~ Silver Milled Bust Coin, King Carolus IIII Silver Lima mint.
This specimen is one of a series struck 1791-1808 at Lima, Peru
, during the reign of Charles IV (1788-1808). The years 1791-93 saw the use of a local bust slightly larger than the standard bust of later years. As a class, colonial coinage of Peru is much less plentiful than that of Mexico, tho it is more available than the remaining mints. T
he abundance of Charles IV one reales, Lima, Guatemala (somewhat scarce), Bogotá (rare).
Recorded mintage:
unknown.
Specification:
3.20 grams, .896 fine silver, .097 troy oz ASW.
Nearly all colonial pillar reales were heavily used that
most of them are in really low grades.
Nice circulated example of the type!! These colonial period coins circulated freely in the many
New World colonies of Spain and many were lost in shipwrecks.
The coin imaged is the coin you're bidding on.
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