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[[Image:Chile 1808 8 reales Aureo 238-0493g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 238, lot 493]]

This specimen was lot 493 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for ___ euro (about US$___ including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1808. Santiago. FJ. 8 reales. Busto almirante sin laurel. Pátina muy atractiva. Parte de brillo original. Muy rara. MBC+/EBC-.'' (eight reales of 1808, Santiago mint, uniformed bust without laurel wreath. Nice toning, some luster, very rare, about extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The abdication of Charles IV and the imprisonment of Ferdinand VII by Napoleon left mint officials in Spanish America scrambling for solutions. Like their colleagues in Mexico City and Lima, mint officials in Santiago used an imaginary bust of Ferdinand on their issues of 1808-11. The assayer FJ appears for 1803-17. This is the scarcest peso of the 1800-17 period.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 123,000 for 1808-09, nearly all 1809. 

''Specification:'' 27.07 grams, 0.896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-15792]], Cal. 623, KM 68. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]'' 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* 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. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''Subasta Colleción Leunda,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
* Elizondo, Carlos A., ''Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World,'' San Antonio, TX: 1968.
* Raymond, Wayte, ''The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed.,'' Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
 
''Link to:''
* [[Chile 1806-So FJ 8 reales|1806 8 reales]]
* [[Chile 1808-So 1/4 real|1808 ¼ real]]
* [[Chile 1808-So FJ 1/2 real|1808 ½ real]]
* [[Bolivia 1808-PTS PJ 8 reales KM 73|Bolivia 1808 8 reales, Charles IV]]
* [[Bolivia 1808-PTS PJ 8 reales KM 84|Bolivia 1808 8 reales, Ferdinand VII]]
* [[Chile 1808-So FJ real KM-58|1808 real, Charles IV]]
* [[Chile 1808-So FJ real KM-65|1808 real, Ferdinand VII]]
* [[Chile 1808-So FJ 2 reales KM-59|1808 2 reales, Charles IV]]
* [[Chile 1808-So FJ 2 reales KM-66|1808 2 reales, Ferdinand VII]]
* [[Chile 1808/7-So FJ 4 reales|1808 4 reales]]
* [[Chile 1808-So FJ 4 escudos|1808 4 escudos]]
* [[Chile 1808-So FJ 8 escudos|1808 8 escudos]]
* [[Guatemala 1808-NG M 8 reales KM 64]]
* [[Mexico 1808-Mo TH 8 reales Charles IV]]
* [[Mexico 1808-Mo TH 8 reales]] Ferdinand VII
* [[Peru 1808-L JP 8 reales KM-97|Peru 1808 8 reales, Charles IV]]
* [[Peru 1808-L JP 8 reales]] Ferdinand VII
* [[Chile 1808-So FJ 8 reales KM 51|1808 8 reales, Charles IV]]
* [[Chile 1809-So FJ 8 reales|1809 8 reales]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1808]]
* return to coins of [[Chile]]

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