Chile 1841-So IJ 1/2 real

Stephen Album sale 47, lot 1520

This specimen was lot 1520 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $900. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHILE: Republic, AR 1/2 real, 1841-So, assayer IJ, two-year type, lightly toned, NGC graded MS63." The specimen shown is one of a type minted in Santiago, Chile, 1841-42. The design, with a condor tearing the chains of slavery, is also found on one, two and eight reales coins of the period. This design is very popular with collectors and brings quite a bit more than the rather low catalog values. Chile converted to decimal coinage in the 1850's.

Recorded mintage: 16,000.

Specification: 1.6 g, 0.902 fine silver, 17 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-98.3.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.

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