View source for Chile 1791-So DA 1/2 real KM-35

[[Image:SB824-45550o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 45550]]
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This specimen was lot 45550 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $65. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Chile|CHILE]]. 1/2 Real, 1791-So DA. Santiago Mint. Charles IV. NGC VG-8. Variety with legend reading 'CAROLUS IV'. Struck from a heavily clashed obverse die." This transitional type was struck 1789-91 and is actually fairly common. The mintage for 1791 is shared with a half real with the king's name spelled "CAROLUS IIII". The strange incuse letters on the obverse, noted as a clashed die by the auctioneers, could have been caused by a brockage (another, previously struck, coin stuck in the die).

''Recorded mintage:'' 139,000 (including KM 47 and a 1791/0 overdate). 

''Specification:'' 1.69 g, 0.896 fine silver.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-35, [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-13234]].

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, ''Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias,'' 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
* Calicó, Xavier, ''Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008. 
* Harris, Robert P., ''Pillars & Portraits,'' San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Chile 1790-So DA 1/2 real|1790 ½ real, "·CAROLUS·IV·"]]
* [[Chile 1791-So 1/4 real KM-43|1791 ¼ real, CAROL·IV]]
* [[Chile 1791-So 1/4 real KM-46|1791 ¼ real, CAROL·IIII]]
* [[Chile 1791-So DA 1/2 real KM-47|1791 ½ real, "·CAROLUS·IIII·"]]
* [[Bolivia 1791-PTS PR 1/2 real KM-69|Bolivia 1791 ½ real, bust of Charles IV]]
* [[Guatemala 1791-NG M 1/2 real]]
* [[Chile 1791-So DA real KM-36|1791 real, "CAROLUS·IV"]]
* [[Chile 1791-So DA real KM-48|1791 real, "CAROLUS·IIII"]]
* [[Chile 1791-So DA 2 reales KM-49|1791 2 reales, "CAROLUS·IIII·"]]
* [[Chile 1791-So DA 4 reales KM-38|1791 4 reales, "CAROLUS·IV"]]
* [[Chile 1791-So DA 8 reales KM-39|1791 8 reales, bust of Charles III]]
* [[Chile 1791-So DA 8 reales KM-51|1791 8 reales, "CAROLUS·IIII·"]]
* [[Chile 1791-So DA 4 escudos]]
* [[Chile 1791-So DA 8 escudos]]
* [[Chile 1795-So DA 1/2 real|1795 ½ real]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1791]]

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