Chile 1791-So DA 1/2 real KM-47

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Stack's Bowers October 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74130
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This specimen was lot 74130 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, 1791-So DA. Santiago Mint. Charles IV. PCGS VG-10. Type with bust of Charles III and with ordinal as IIII. 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. Other half reales are known with the king's name written as "·CAROLUS·IV·" (KM 35). The silver coinage was debased from 0.903 fine silver to 0.896 fine in 1785.

Recorded mintage: 139,000, including 1791/0 and KM 35.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.896 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13235, KM-47; Cal-332.

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.
  • 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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