Chile 1785-So DA 1/2 real
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This specimen was lot 74044 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $408. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHILE. 1/2 Real, 1785/4-So DA. Santiago Mint. Charles III. PCGS VF-30. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck in moderate numbers 1773-89 and this is a higher mintage date. Even so, the few survivors are generally in poor condition. This example realized over five times the catalog value.
Recorded mintage: 80,000 including the overdate.
Specification: 1.69 g, 0.896 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Cayón-11210, KM-28; Cal-296.
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- [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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