Chile 1808-So FJ 2 reales KM-66

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 45554

This specimen was lot 45554 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHILE. 2 Reales, 1808-So FJ. Santiago Mint. Ferdinand VII. NGC G-6. Type with 'FERDIN VII' legend." This scarce type was struck 1808-09, with the 1808 being much rarer than the 1809. The mintage shown below was shared with the two reales of Charles IV (KM 59).

Recorded mintage: 54,000 (including KM 59).

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.896 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-66, Cayón-15389.

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, 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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