Chile 1791-So DA 2 reales KM-49

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Sedwick Treasure Auction 28, lot 1636
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This specimen was lot 1636 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $450. The catalog description[1] noted, "Santiago, Chile, bust 2 reales, Charles IV (bust of Charles III, ordinal IIII), 1791DA. VF with some luster, partially crude rims (as made), rare transitional type." Harris[2] tabulates the Charles III two reales of Santiago as the fourth most abundant mint, after Mexico City (common), Potosi and Lima (each about half as common as Mexico) but it is still scarce. This transitional type was struck 1791-92 only.

Reported Mintage: 54,000 (including KM 37).

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.896 fine silver, .195 troy oz AGW, this specimen 6.59 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13542, KM-49; Cal-687.

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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [2]Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
  • [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 28, featuring the Dr. Peter Jones and John O'Brien collections, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.

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