Chile 1915 20 pesos
This specimen was lot 45874 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHILE. 20 Pesos, 1915-So. Santiago Mint. PCGS MS-62." This gold twenty pesos piece was minted in Santiago in 1896 and 1906-17. It was accompanied by similar five and ten pesos (KM 159 and 157) in gold. Although the twenty pesos was a new denomination, its weight standard was only 40% of the exchange rate obtaining prior to 1892. This coin weighed 50% more than a British sovereign, but it is lighter than the previous ten pesos of 1854-92. The superseding gold twenty pesos of 1926 (KM 168) was only 4.06 g, a further two-thirds reduction.
Recorded mintage: 65,000.
Specification: 11.98 g, 0.917 fine gold, 27 mm diameter, 0.3532 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-51; KM-158.
- 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2026 NYINC Showcase Auction, Ancient and World Coins, featuring the Kazmier Wysocki Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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