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8 Reales - Fernando VII Colonial Milled Coinage
Issuer Peru Year 1811-1824 Type Standard circulation coin Value 8 Reales Currency Real (1568-1858) Composition Silver (.896) Weight 27.0674 g Dimensions 39 mm Thickness Shape and Technique Round Milled Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑ Engraver(s) In circulation to Reference(s) KM# 117
Obverse description NOTE: A small number of `Peru Libre` 8 Reales were directly overstruck with colonial dies of Ferdinand VII when Royalist forces, under General Cantarac, recaptured Lima. These are listed as KM#117.3. Obverse script Latin Obverse lettering FERDIN . VII . DEI . GRATIA
. 1824 . Reverse description Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Spain, crowned surrounded by two pillars Reverse script Latin Reverse lettering HISPAN
. ET IND . REX . CUZ . 8R . G . Edge Chain link effect Mint Mintage 1811 LIMAE JP - KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) - 1812 LIMAE JP - KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) - 3 800 000 1813 LIMAE JP - KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) - 4 033 000 1814 LIMAE JP - KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) - 3 599 000 1815 LIMAE JP - KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) - 3 642 000 1816 LIMAE JP - KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) - 1817 LIMAE - KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) - 1818 LIMAE JP - KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) - 1819 LIMAE JP - KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) - 3 139 000 1820 LIMAE JP - KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) - 1821 LIMAE JP - KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) - 1823 LIMAE JP - KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) - 1823 LIMAE JP - KM#117.3 (struck over Republican Provisional 8 Reales, KM#136) - 1824 CUZCO G - KM#117.2 (Cuzco Mint) overpunch variety exists - 1824 CUZCO T - KM#117.2 (Cuzco Mint) overpunch variety exists - 1824 LIMAE JM - KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) - Catalog ID 9033900760 Comments