Chile 1860 peso oro

Goldberg sale 91, lot 2192

photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was lot 2192 in Goldberg sale 91 (Los Angeles, June 2016), where it sold for $493.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Chile. Peso, 1860-So NGC MS64. Standing liberty. Reverse: Value in wreath. Attractive original brilliant mint luster. NGC graded MS-64." This type was struck 1860-64 and, like the silver peso of 1853-62, is much scarcer than the SCWC values indicate. A modified design (KM 140) was issued 1867 and 1873.

Recorded mintage: 156,000.

Catalog reference: Fr-48; KM-133.

Specification: 1.52 g, 0.900 fine gold, .044 troy oz AGW, 14 mm diameter.

Source:

• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 91: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2016.
• 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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