Chile 1917 20 pesos
This specimen was lot 22141 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $564. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHILE. 20 Pesos, 1917-So. PCGS MS-62+ Secure Holder. Light attractive tone. From the Blue Moon Collection." 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: 717,000.
Specification: 11.98 g, 0.917 fine gold, .353 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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