Chile 1851-So LA 8 escudos

Goldberg sale 46, lot 1011

photo courtesy Ira & Larry Goldberg

This specimen was lot 1011 in Goldberg sale 46 (Beverly Hills, May 2008), where it sold for $2,900. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Chile. 8 Escudos, 1851-So LA (Santiago). Liberty as Pallas Athene standing at altar. Reverse: Arms. NGC graded MS-61." This is the final 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, .760 troy oz AGW, edge lettered with month of issue.

Catalog reference: Fr-41; KM-105.

Source:

• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, and Larry Goldberg, Goldberg Sale 46: the Millenia Collection, Beverly Hills, CA: Ira and Larry Goldberg Auctioneers, 2008.
• 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.

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