Peru 1808 1 real Fernando VII
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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.
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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!
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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.
I like it!
Dog Face, Rat Nose, Onion Head is a new one….
Latin American Collection
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:
We had a guy in school we called onion head. To good for him own good but we liked him 👍