Guatemala 1799-NG M 8 reales
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This specimen was lot 88 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 321 euro (about US$509 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1799. Guatemala. M. 8 reales. Atractiva. Rara así. EBC-/EBC. (eight reales of 1799, Guatemala attractive, rare thus, about extremely fine.)"This coin shows the standard bust of Charles IV as used throughout Latin America 1791-1808. This date is scarce but not rare like 1790-91.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, .896 silver, .780 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-13909, Cal. 630, KM 53.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Colleción Leunda, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
- Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
- Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
- 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
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