Chile 1811-So FJ 8 reales

Ponterio sale 150, lot 9242

This coin was lot 9242 in Ponterio sale 150 (Los Angeles, August 2009), where it sold for $1,075.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHILE. 8 Reales, 1811-FJ. Laureate military portrait. Adjustment mark on obverse. Lightly cleaned ALMOST UNCIRCULATED/ UNCIRCULATED." The type was struck in Santiago 1810-11 only and is much rarer than the Charles IV type which preceded it or the "standard bust" type of Ferdinand VII which followed it.

Recorded mintage: 97,000.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.875 fine silver, .780 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15846, KM-75; FC-52; El-68.

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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, Ponterio sale 150: The 2009 Los Angeles ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2009.

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