Chile 1791-So 1/4 real KM-43

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Sedwick sale 25, lot 1833
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This specimen was lot 1833 in Sedwick sale 25 (Winter Park, FL, May 2019), where it sold for $226.10. The catalog description[1] noted, "Santiago, Chile, 1/4 real, 1791/0, Charles IV transitional (bust of Charles III, ordinal IV), NGC VF details/scratches. Darkly rainbow toned with old scratches on bust, scarce and clearly visible overdate. NGC #4715637-013." This scarce and tiny coin was struck in Santiago 1791-92. This mint switched to the conventional "lions and castles" type in 1796. Lima is also recorded as striking portrait 1/4 reales 1792-95 but the bust is of Charles IV, not Charles III as depicted here. The other colonial mints struck "lions and castles" 1/4 reales only. The catalog value is much too low for this type, which appears in auctions once a year or so.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.84 g, 0.896 fine silver, .024 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13111, KM-43; CT-1446.

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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
  • [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 25, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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