Chile 1790-So DA 1/2 real

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Stack's Bowers October 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74128
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This specimen was lot 74128 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHILE. 1/2 Real, 1790-So DA. Santiago Mint. Charles IV. PCGS FINE-12. Type with bust of Charles III and with ordinal as IV. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1789-91. It isn't particularly rare but brings a premium as a transitional type, bearing the bust of the deceased Charles III but the name of Charles IV. However, Harris[2] noted finding about three-eighths as many Chilean half reales of Charles IV as that of Mexico, so it is safe to say that this type is uncommon. The silver coinage was debased from 0.903 fine silver to 0.896 fine in 1785.

Recorded mintage: 110,000.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.896 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13227, KM-35; Cal-329.

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.
  • [2]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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