Chile 1808-So FJ 8 reales KM 51
This specimen was lot 492 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 470 euro (about US$745 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1808. Santiago. FJ. 8 reales. Leves rayitas. Preciosa pátina. Rara. MBC+/EBC-. (eight reales of 1808, Santiago mint. Faint scratches, precious toning, rare, about extremely fine.)"
Despite what seems to be a fairly substantial recorded mintage and nearly continuous production during 1791-1808, Santiago portrait eight reales of Charles IV are scarce though not rare like the earlier bust eight reales of Charles III. Many can be found as the undertype of Brazilian 960 réis of 1810-26. The assayer FJ appears for 1803-17.
Recorded mintage: 134,000.
Specification: 27.07 grams, 0.896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-13986, Cal. 763, KM 51.
- 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.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Colleción Leunda, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
- Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
- 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.
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