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Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1659V, "Star of Lima" type, mintmark LIMA (Series IA), rare, ex-Piedmont (

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Cobs - Lima Silver Start Price:1,800.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1659V,  Star of Lima  type, mintmark LIMA (Series IA), rare, ex-Piedmont (
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Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1659V, "Star of Lima" type, mintmark LIMA (Series IA), rare, ex-Piedmont (1795), with Baldwin catalog (Plate Coin). S-L5; KM-18.1; CT-262. 25.94 grams. One of the few Series-I examples NOT from the "Jupiter wreck" (1659), albeit still salvaged, with dark and slightly corroded surfaces, yet with good full cross and full but doubled crown-pillars-date-waves, some legend, Fine overall. From the Piedmont ("Lyme Bay wreck," 1795), pedigreed to the Baldwin auction of October 1995, with original auction catalog in which this coin is plated, and also pedigreed to our Auction #9, with original lot-tag #985.