Chile 1807-So FJ 2 reales

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 45548

This specimen was lot 45548 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $65. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHILE. 2 Reales, 1807-So FJ. Santiago Mint. Charles IV. NGC VG-8." This specimen is one of a series struck 1792-1808 in Santiago 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.

Recorded mintage: 42,000.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.896 fine silver, .195 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-59, Cayón-13676.

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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
• 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, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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