Chile 1866 10 pesos

Heritage sale 3024, lot 26420

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 26420 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it sold for $763.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Republic gold 10 Pesos 1866-So, AU, nicer than most with little wear and eye-appealing orange-gold highlights on both sides." This specimen was one of a series struck 1854-67 in Santiago, Chile. An earlier and a later type exist (KM 123 and KM 145), with slightly different designs for the arms and the standing Liberty. The SCWC does not give this date a premium.

Recorded mintage: 66,000.

Specification: 15.253 g, 0.900 fine gold, .441 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 131.

Source:

• 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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