1/8 Real 1823 restrike or original?
uncirculated
(Karl Stephens, ca. Nov. 2004)
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This copper coin (the size of a current US 1 cent) was
officially restruck by the Peruvian Government on (date not yet known).
I think Karl Stephens or somebody once told me they could tell
the difference between an original & a restrike but
now I've forgotten how to.
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8R 1826 1st Standing Liberty
choice uncirculated
(Don Canaparo, at the 2001 NYI) |
There appear to be 3 distict types of
Peruvian standing Liberties.
The 1st, or Small Standing Liberty was
issued 1826 - 1829????
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8 R 1833 2nd Standing Liberty
uncirculated
I bought this at the New York International in 2000
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The 2nd, or "Classical Standing Liberty" appears to be the most common.
This one was issued 1830 - 1840's? and until 1857
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Around 1999 or 2000 you used to be able to walk around the New York International
and buy as many of these in unc as you wanted for around $75 each. I bought one or two but was afraid to buy more as I thought there
might be something wrong with them. This was a mistake on my part as the opportunity did not reoccur.
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Republic of Northern Peru
8R, 1837, uncirculated
(World Wide Coins auction, Dec 2003) |
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North Peru was broken away from the rest by Bolivar
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4R 1856
choice uncirculated
(Heritage auction: Jan. 2004)
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This is another 2nd, or "Classical" Standing Liberty even though it was made quite late for the type,
e.g. the 1850's. However this one has the ornate drapery which also seems to have been used on the Cuzco 8R's.
Although prices went crazy during this auction, nobody wanted this lowly 4R piece, thus I was able
to obtain it very reasonably.
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4 Escudos 1855 Lima MB
choice uncirculated
(Heritage Signature World Coin auction
Jan. 7th, 2008, l)
photo cortesy of Heritage Auctions
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This is a very nice choice uncirculated 4 escudos from the Limae mint bought at a reasonable price. After I bought it, I discovered that it is the Krause plate coin
as shown on page 473 of the Krause "Spain, Portugal, and the New World" Catalog
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For some reason although Cuzco was the primary gold mint, all the 4 escudos, and almost all of the minor gold, were made at Lima. Perhaps they were considered a
subsidiary coinage?
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8R, 1846, almost uncirculated
(Harlan J. Berk, 2007) |
The 3rd, or "Modern Standing Liberty" was the last type and can be distinguished by having a very "Austere" Liberty with the triangular shield. This style was issued briefly, up
until the Standing Liberty Types were discontined in 1857 (1855 for 8R's & 8E's).
The 1851 8R's appear to be the most common date of these.
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Finally I was able to get a type 3. I've seen many 1851's in unacceptable condition but even
though this 1846 appears to have die rust obv, it was in decent condition and doesn't appear to have been cleaned harshly as most of them were. Although
this coin is quite original it suffers from a good degree of die distintegration as the die either rusted or there were problems with
the planchet. This bothers knowledgeable collectors of Latin American coinage usually, but not me of course.
It was also quite cheap: only $75.
I really need to get one of these in full unc and it should be cheap but I'm having some difficulty in finding
one.
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