Chile 1917 peso

Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73744

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was lot 73744 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHILE. Peso, 1917-So. Santiago Mint. PCGS MS-63. Lightly toned and softly lustrous, this Choice Peso delivers abundant wholesome eye appeal." This type was struck 1915 and 1917. It was superseded by KM 152.5, which was only 0.500 fine. Oscar Roty's defiant condor, first used in 1895, appeared on virtually all Chilean silver and copper-nickel coins until 1940.

Recorded mintage: 3,033,000.

Specification: 9 g, 0.720 fine silver, 27.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-152.4.

Source:

• 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, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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• 1917 20 pesos
• 1919 centavo
• 1919 5 centavos, 0.400 fine silver
• 1919 10 centavos, 0.400 fine silver
• 1919 20 centavos
• 1921 peso
• Coins and currency dated 1917