Chile 1778-So DA real

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Aureo y Calicó sale 423, lot 1670

This specimen was lot 1670 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 200 € (about US$259 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1778/7. Carlos III. Santiago. DA. 1 real. Graded NGC as VF25, Nº 2892732-012. Val and Mexía Collection. Rare. BC+/MBC- [fine to about very fine]." This type was struck at Santiago 1773-89 and is very scarce. The later dates after the debasement of 1785 turn up occasionally.

Recorded mintage: 95,000 including the overdate shown here.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.903 fine silver, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 29, AC. 512, Cayón-11366.

Sources:

  • Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
  • Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
  • Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

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