Chile 1816-So FJ 8 escudos
This specimen was lot 20569 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $2,760. The catalog description[1] noted, "Ferdinand VII gold 8 Escudos 1816-FJ, AU58 NGC, incredibly sharp details with glowing golden surfaces, a premium coin with excellent eye appeal. From the Don Benito Collection of Hispanic Gold." The specimen was one of a series struck 1811-17 during the reign of Ferdinand VII. It bears his name and the bust of Charles IV, who abdicated in 1808. The bust of Ferdinand appears on the eight reales and the two reales but not on any gold. This type is fairly common for Spanish colonial gold.
Recorded mintage: 30,000.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold, .761 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-16463, KM 78.
- 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.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.
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