Chile 1801-So 1/4 real
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This specimen was lot 74161 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHILE. 1/4 Real, 1801-So. Santiago Mint. Charles IV. PCGS VF-30. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck at Santiago 1796-1808 in limited numbers and, tho not common, is much less rare than preceding types featuring the portrait of the king. It was continued unchanged into the reign of Ferdinand VII.
Recorded mintage: 57,000.
Specification: 0.84 g, 0.896 fine silver, .024 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-13169, KM-63; Cal-194.
- 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [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.
Link to: