Chile 1847-So IJ 8 escudos
This specimen was lot 1168 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 35 (Winter Park, FL, May 2024), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHILE, Santiago, gold 8 escudos, 1847 IJ, OCTUBRE on edge, NGC AU details / cleaned. Nice luster and sharp full details, with a few very minor natural flaws but also with hairlines from light cleaning. Pedigreed to the Roland Michel and Michel Dürr auction of November 1999, with original lot-tag 139." This is a late date of a series struck 1846-51. There is an earlier standing liberty type, struck 1839-45, where liberty is resting her hand on a pedestal instead of the book of the law shown here. Neither type is rare but prices of these coins have surged in recent years.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27 g, 0.875 fine gold, .759 troy oz AGW, 35.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-105; Fr-41.
- 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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 35, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.
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