Chile 1976 100 pesos Fr-62
The first specimen was lot 12109 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHILE. 100 Pesos, 1976. NGC MS-64. Mintage of only 2900 pieces." The second specimen was lot 413 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $822.50. The catalog description[2] noted, "CHILE. 100 Pesos, 1976. NGC MS-64. Commemorating the 3rd anniversary of the New Government." In 1976, the Pinochet regime congratulated itself on its third anniversary by issuing a series of commemoratives ranging from a copper-nickel five pesos (KM 209) to a gold five hundred pesos (KM 214) weighing nearly three ounces. The regime survived by massacring its enemies in large numbers.
Recorded mintage: 2,900 plus 100 proofs.
Specification: 20.30 g, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-62; KM-213.
- 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, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
- [2]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
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