| 8 Reales 1772 Lima Mint - Milled Type
1772 was the last year the Lima mint struck the milled columnario type.
When I bought this coin back in the late 90's, I was not aware that there are two varieties for the year: with a dot above one the "L" mintmarks,
or with a dot above both L's (on the obverse). Gilboy also describes this variety in his book (P. 159, L-8-25B, as R4).
A couple years later, 1991 I think, Superior auctioned a major collection of these, and it contained a 1772 with dots above both L's which they described as unique. Well, here is apparently another.
The coin was cleaned when i bought it, and has toned a little over the years.
Looking forward to your comments,
Eduard
Last edited by Eduard; 06-12-2009 at 11:35 AM.
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