Chile 1783-So DA 4 reales

Stack's Bowers October 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74006

This specimen was lot 74006 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $840. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHILE. 4 Reales, 1783-So DA. Santiago Mint. Charles III. PCGS Genuine--Damage, VG Details. A VERY RARE type, this specimen does exhibit some heavy circulation and the noted damage, but nevertheless remains a charming rendition of a difficult date. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1775-89 in small numbers although some of the dates of 1785-89 have respectable mintages, survival rates are low and few remain. Unlike the smaller denominations, overdates are few.

Recorded mintage: 10,000.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.903 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-11843, KM-34; Cal-969.

Source:

• 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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