Chile 1811-So FJ 8 escudos KM-72

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Heritage sale 3024, lot 23533
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23533 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "Ferdinand VII gold 8 Escudos 1811-FJ, AU55 NGC, imaginary military bust, nicely struck details with considerable mint luster, scarce in this pleasing grade." Charles IV abdicated in 1808 and Ferdinand VII was imprisoned by Napoleon; for 1808-11 the Santiago mint used an imaginary bust of the king. On his release in 1811, the Santiago mint adopted the bust of Charles IV for the eight escudos (KM 78) where the other Latin American mints used the "proper bust" of Ferdinand. This type is fairly common for Spanish colonial gold.

Recorded mintage: 44,000 (including KM 78).

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold, .761 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16398, Fr-28, KM 72.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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