SILVER COBS OF LIMA, PERU, 1568-1752

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NOTE:  Items marked "Rimac River salvage" were recovered from the banks of the river of that name in Lima, Peru, where colonists would throw in small change for good luck, just like we do today in fountains in shopping malls!

Shield Type, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre (1577-88)

110707064001 December, 2007 2 reales, *-ii to left, P-oD to right, with Guatemala crown countermark of 1663 (scarce), large thin flan, quite worn (AVG) and holed twice but with clear data and good countermark, darkly toned all over, pedigreed to the Georg Foerster collection, with auction-lot tag. $295

 

Pillars-and-Waves (1684-1752)

NONE available at the moment! Please let me know if you have some I can buy.