Chile 1808-So FJ 2 reales KM-59

Stack's Bowers October 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74103

This specimen was lot 74103 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHILE. 2 Reales, 1808-So FJ. Santiago Mint. Charles IV. PCGS VF-25. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck at Santiago 1796-1808 in limited numbers and, tho not common, is much less rare than preceding types. Assayer FJ operated 1803-17 and survived into the republican regime.

Recorded mintage: 54,000 (including KM 66).

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.896 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13687, KM-59; Cal-713.

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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
• 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, October 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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