Chile 1926 20 pesos
This specimen was lot 1570 in Jean Elsen sale 134 (Brussels, September 2017), where it sold for €120 (about US$170 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"CHILI, République (1818-), AV 20 pesos, 1926. Superbe. (republic of Chile, gold twenty pesos of 1926, extremely fine.)"
This gold twenty pesos piece was minted in Santiago in 1926, 1958-64, 1976-80. It was accompanied by similar fifty and hundred pesos (KM 170) in gold. Like most attempts to circulate gold after World War One, it was a failure. Subsequent issues were sold as bullion pieces. The preceding gold twenty pesos of 1905-17 (KM 158) was 11.98 g, 0.917 fine.
Recorded mintage: 85,000.
Specification: 4.07 g, 0.900 fine, 18.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-56; KM 168.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 134, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2017.
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