Peru 1808 1 real Fernando VII

chica

I got this piece a few years ago. I collecting the bust type of colonies. In China, we call this type of the bust as “the onion head”. It seems 1 real of 1808 Peru is quite rare. Do you guys have any idea about the mintage ? Thanks.

SimonW

We call it the “imagined bust.” It appears that your coin is fairly scarce. I couldn’t find mintage information, but in perusing the NGC census there’s only one certified (that’s not strange, I would assume most of these are low grade and don’t get submitted.) I assume yours is the one in the census, a VF details coin.

Great coin to have!

realeswatcher

Very tough year of the Indian bust type... generally all of the 1808 minors of this type are pretty rare. Won't find a 1R with much stronger detail.

MEJ7070

I like it!

Boosibri

Dog Face, Rat Nose, Onion Head is a new one….

Eddi

No idea about mintage, but the number of examples extant seems to be very small.

1 real 1808 Busto Indigena, or Busto Imaginario, as it is known in Peru, is scarcer than the 1/2 Real.

1808 seems to be scarcer that 1810 or 1811. I have seen pics of about 4-5.

www.acsearch.info lists a couple of auction appearances:

johnny9434

@Boosibri said:
Dog Face, Rat Nose, Onion Head is a new one….

We had a guy in school we called onion head. To good for him own good but we liked him 👍