Chile 1808-So FJ 1/2 real

Sedwick sale 25, lot 1832

This specimen was lot 1832 in Sedwick sale 25 (Winter Park, FL, May 2019), where it sold for $114.24. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Santiago, Chile, 1/2 real, Charles IV, 1808/7FJ. XF with sharp details for a crude type with multiple repunched letters in legends, dark rainbow toning all over." It is one of a series minted 1792-1808 for Charles IV.

Recorded mintage: 58,000 (including KM 64 for Ferdinand VII).

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.896 fine silver, .048 troy oz ASW, this specimen 1.55 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13357, KM-57; CT-1354.

Source:

• 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.
• 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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 25, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.

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