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[[Image:Chile 1804 8 escudos obv P177-12101.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 177, lot 12101]]
[[Image:Chile 1804 8 escudos rev P177-12101.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC]]

This specimen was lot 12101 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $3,172. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "CHILE. 8 Escudos, 1804-FJ. NGC MS-61. Charles IV (1788-1808). Bust of Charles III with title of Charles IV. Well struck and lustrous." The specimen was one of a series struck 1791-1808 during the reign of Charles IV. It bears Charles' name and the bust of Charles III, who died in 1788. The bust of Charles IV appears on the four escudos but not the eight escudos. This type is fairly common for Spanish colonial gold.

''Recorded mintage:'' 40,000.

''Specification:'' 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold, .761 troy oz AGW. 
 
''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-14588]], Fr-23; KM-54. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, ''Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1,'' 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. 
* 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, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013. 

''Links to:''
* [[Chile 1803-So FJ 8 escudos|1803 8 escudos]]
* [[Chile 1804-So 1/4 real|1804 ¼ real]]
* [[Chile 1804-So FJ 1/2 real|1804 ½ real]]
* [[Chile 1804-So FJ real|1804 real]]
* [[Chile 1804-So FJ 2 reales|1804 2 reales]]
* [[Chile 1804-So FJ 4 reales|1804 4 reales]]
* [[Chile 1804-So FJ 8 reales|1804 8 reales]]
* [[Colombia 1804-NR JJ 8 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1804-P JF 8 escudos]]
* [[Mexico 1804-Mo TH 8 escudos]]
* [[Peru 1804-L JP 8 escudos]]
* [[Chile 1805-So FJ 8 escudos|1805 8 escudos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1804]]
* return to coins of [[Chile]]

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