Chile 1802-So JJ 4 reales
This specimen was lot 520 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $2,585. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHILE. 4 Reales, 1802-JJ. NGC MS-62. One year assayers combination. Exceptional quality for this normally well worn type." This specimen is one of a series struck 1792-1808 in Santiago, Chile, during the reign of Charles IV. The opening of an enlarged Casa de Moneda in 1805 allowed the increase in mintages and this type is not rare. The Spanish were expelled in 1817. Some colonial types were restruck by the republicans during the early 1820's but it is unlikely the four reales was included. No republican four reales is known to exist.
Recorded mintage: 18,000.
Specification: 13.54 g, 0.896 fine silver, .390 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-13779, KM-60.
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