Chile 1961 50 pesos

Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA sale, lot 30357

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 30357 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $1,116.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHILE. 50 Pesos, 1961. NGC MS-67. Tied with one other piece for finest graded. Lovely full cartwheel luster with virtually no evidence of handling or contact." This type was issued 1926, 1958-74 as a bullion coin. It is accompanied by twenty and hundred pesos in gold.

Recorded mintage: 20,000.

Specification: 10.17 g, 0.917 fine gold, .294 troy oz AGW, 24.5 mm diameter

Catalog reference: Fr-55; KM-169.

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

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