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PERU: AR 8 reales, 1841-AREQ. VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:10,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD
PERU: AR 8 reales, 1841-AREQ. VF
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PERU: AR 8 reales, 1841-AREQ, KM-142.11, El-148. Cr-132-2a, Flatt (1996) Figure 28, assayer M, Arequipa Mint, one-year type, horizontal die axis, original tone, edge defect at 11:30, but attractive nonetheless for this exceedingly rare issue, VF, RRR, ex World Wide Coins of California Auction, May 15, 2014, Lot 310 (realized $11,000). There is some trace of vertical reeding, as on the Peru Libre (KM-136) type, on the edge surrounding the flan flaw. The rest of the coin has the usual diagonal reeding. Extremely Rare per Elizondo. Issued after the Decree of September 30, 1840, which instructed that all gold and silver coinage henceforth struck at either of the Peruvian mints of the period would have its fineness indicated on the dies. That edict was considered necessary to distinguish the debased coinage that was struck by the "usurper" Santa Ana during the war against the Peru-Bolivia confederation. Among the rarest types of Latin American Republican crowns with just 4 confirmed examples. The Von Schuckmann specimen (Renaissance Auction, Dec. 2000, Lot 949) realized $17,000.