Bolivia, Charles III, real, 1767
Also known as: Bolivia, Karel III, reaal,1767
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1767
Silver coin struck on a rough blank. Obverse: within a quatrefoil an equilateral cross potent with a castle and a lion alternating in the corners. Reverse: between two decorated pillars rising from the sea, in three lines value indication: "I", inscription and year: "759".
Between these, two mint mark indications: "P" [= Potosi]. With later added piercing to wear the coin. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5343; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), pierced; measurements diameter 1.9 cm x weight 2.81 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), pierced
- Measurements
- diameter 1.9 cm x weight 2.81 g
Design
- Obverse
- within a quatrefoil an equilateral cross potent with a castle and a lion alternating in the corners.
- Reverse
- between two decorated pillars rising from the sea, in three lines value indication: "I", inscription and year: "759". Between these, two mint mark indications: "P" [= Potosi]. With later added piercing to wear the coin.
Identification
- Original title
- Bolivia, Karel III, reaal,1767
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5343
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue references
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