Chile 1807-So FJ escudo

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Sedwick sale 12, lot 128

This specimen was lot 128 in Sedwick sale 12 (Winter Park, FL, October 2012), where it sold for $708. The catalog description[1] noted, "Santiago, Chile, bust 1 escudo, Charles IV, 1807FJ, rare. Low mintage of just 544 coins, somewhat crude all over (as made), including repunched lettering and weak bust, but lustrous and high grade (AU)." This type was struck at Santiago 1792-1808 in limited numbers. Tho priced low in the SCWC, it is much rarer than the accompanying eight escudos.

Recorded mintage: 544.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.875 fine gold, .095 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3.4 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14136, KM-61; CT-605.

Source:

  • [1]Sedwick, Daniel F., Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction #12, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC, 2012.
  • 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.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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