8 Reales - Ferdinand VII Colonial Milled Coinage
Features
| Issuer |
Peru
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Ferdinand VII (1808-1821)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1811-1824 |
| Value | 8 Reales |
| Currency | Real (1568-1858) |
| Composition | Silver (.896) |
| Weight | 27.0674 g |
| Diameter | 39 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 38094 |
| References | KM# 117 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Obverse
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.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FERDIN . VII . DEI . GRATIA
. 1824 .
Reverse
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Spain, crowned surrounded by two pillars
Script: Latin
Lettering: HISPAN . ET IND . REX . CUZ . 8R . G .
Edge
Chain link effect
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1811 LIMAE JP | 
|
KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) | 6% | ||||||||||||
| 1812 LIMAE JP |
|
3 800 000 | $ 450 | KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) | 15% | ||||||||||
| 1813 LIMAE JP |
|
4 033 000 | $ 140 | $ 210 | $ 310 | $ 540 | KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) | 9% | |||||||
| 1814 LIMAE JP |
|
3 599 000 | $ 140 | $ 170 | $ 270 | $ 2300 | KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) | 14% | |||||||
| 1815 LIMAE JP |
|
3 642 000 | $ 310 | $ 760 | KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) | 13% | |||||||||
| 1816 LIMAE JP |
|
$ 180 | $ 380 | KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) | 9% | ||||||||||
| 1817 LIMAE |
|
KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) | 11% | ||||||||||||
| 1818 LIMAE JP |
|
$ 120 | KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) | 23% | |||||||||||
| 1819 LIMAE JP |
|
3 139 000 | $ 260 | $ 370 | KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) | 12% | |||||||||
| 1820 LIMAE JP |
|
$ 240 | $ 850 | KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) | 20% | ||||||||||
| 1821 LIMAE JP |
|
$ 120 | KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) | 10% | |||||||||||
| 1823 LIMAE JP | KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) | 4% | |||||||||||||
| 1823 LIMAE JP | KM#117.3 (struck over Republican Provisional 8 Reales, KM#136) | 0.7% | |||||||||||||
| 1824 CUZCO G | KM#117.2 (Cuzco Mint) overpunch variety exists | 4% | |||||||||||||
| 1824 CUZCO T | KM#117.2 (Cuzco Mint) overpunch variety exists | 3% | |||||||||||||
| 1824 LIMAE JM |
|
$ 1500 | KM#117.1 (Lima Mint) | 4% | |||||||||||
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Actual silver weight: 0.780 oz
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