Chile 1802-So JJ 1/2 real

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Aureo y Calicó sale 232, lot 2324

The specimen shown was lot 2324 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 41 euros (about US$67.65 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1802. Santiago. JJ. 1/2 real. Rara. BC/BC+." (Half real of 1802, Santiago mint. Rare, Very Good to Fine.)

This type was issued from Santiago 1792-1808 and despite the trifling mintage recorded below, is considered a common date.

Recorded mintage: 78,000.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.896 fine silver, 17 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13312, KM 57, Cal. 1348.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • [1] Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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