Chile 1786-So DA 4 reales

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Heritage sale 3015, lot 23790
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23790 in Heritage sale 3015 (Long Beach, September 2011), where it sold for $1,265. The catalog description[1] noted,

"Carlos III 4 Reales 1786-DA, Fine 15 NGC Tarapaca Collection, an attractive coin with original patina and evenly worn details. Very scarce type. From The Tarapaca Collection of Chilean Coins."

This type was issued from Santiago 1775-89 and is rare. This specimen was lot 867 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 38 (Winter Park, FL, November 2025), where it sold for $1,440.

Recorded mintage: 36,000.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.896 fine silver, .390 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-11862, KM 34.

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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
  • [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3015, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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