Chile 1789-So DA 8 escudos Fr-15

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Aureo y Calicó sale 448, lot 310

This specimen was lot 310 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 3,600 € (about US$4,703 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1789. Carlos III. Santiago. DA. 8 escudos. Last year of this reign. Minimal hairlines. Nice. Rare, especially in this condition. EBC+/S/C- [choice extremely fine to about uncirculated]." This design was used for the eight escudos of Chile 1772-89. Numista and the SCWC do not so state but the 1786-89 issues are almost certainly debased from 0.901 to 0.875 fine gold, as this was done at all the other Spanish mints.

Recorded mintage: 41,000 (including KM 42 for Charles IV).

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold, 37 mm diameter, this specimen 26.94 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13017, Fr-15, KM 27, AC-2178, Cal.Onza 951.

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.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.

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