Chile 1791-So DA 8 reales KM-51

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Stack's Bowers October 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74052
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This specimen was lot 74052 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHILE. 8 Reales, 1791-So DA. Santiago Mint. Charles IV. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. Variety with "CAROLUS IIII" spelling. From the Richard August Collection. Ex: Jim Shipley Collection." This type was struck 1791-1808. It isn't particularly rare but this date is scarce. Other eight reales are known with the bust of the old king Charles III (KM 39). The silver coinage was debased from 0.903 fine silver to 0.896 fine in 1785.

Recorded mintage: 167,000, including KM 39.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.896 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13852, KM-51; Cal-1019.

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.
  • Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
  • Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
  • [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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