Chile 1844-So IJ 8 escudos
This specimen was lot 71224 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHILE. 8 Escudos, 1844-So IJ. Santiago Mint. PCGS AU-55. Three-year type; variety with incuse "ABRIL" on edge. Well-struck and with little evidence of contact, this pleasing example from the second year of issue boasts a pleasant frosty gold color in the relief receding to darker tones in the peripheries." This is a late date of a series struck 1839-45. There is an later standing liberty type, struck 1846-51, where liberty is resting her hand on the book of the law instead of the pedestal shown here. Neither type is rare but prices of these coins have surged in recent years. Chile converted to decimal coinage in the 1850's. This date comes with a reeded edge (KM 104.1) or a lettered edge (KM 104.2, shown here).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27 g, 0.875 fine gold, 35.5 mm diameter, 0.7596 troy oz.
Catalog reference: Fr-41; KM-104.2.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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