View source for Peru 1756-L JM 8 reales

[[Image:Peru 1756 8 reales obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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This specimen was struck in Lima, [[Peru]], of a type issued 1751-60 for Ferdinand VI.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:''  27.07 g, .917 fine silver, .798 troy oz ASW.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-10613]], Gilboy L-8-7, KM 55.1. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, ''Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1,'' 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* Elizondo, Carlos A., ''Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World,'' San Antonio, TX: 1968.
* Harris, Robert P., ''Pillars & Portraits,'' San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Gilboy, Frank F., ''The Milled Columnarios of Central and South America: Spanish American Pillar Coinage, 1732 to 1772'', Regina, Saskatchewan: Prairie Wind Publishing, 1999.
* Yonaka, Brad, ''A Variety Guide to the Pillar Coinage of the Guatemala, Bogota, Lima, Potosi, and Santiago Mints, 1752-1771,'' Long Beach, CA: Agorocu Consulting, 2018.

''Link to:''
* [[Peru 1755-L JD 8 reales|1755 8 reales]]
* [[Peru 1756-L JM 1/2 real|1756 ½ real]]
* [[Peru 1756-L JM real|1756 1 real]]
* [[Peru 1756-L JM 8 escudos|1756 8 escudos]]
* [[Peru 1757-L JM 8 reales|1757 8 reales]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1756]]
* return to [[Peru]]

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