Chile 1784-So DA 4 escudos

from the Stack's Bowers June 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70527

This specimen was lot 70527 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $4,080. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHILE. 4 Escudos, 1784-So DA. Santiago Mint. Charles III. NGC AU-50. A well struck and wholesome example, with the devices, especially upon the reverse, seen in great details. A VERY RARE date with an incredibly small mintage." This type was struck 1773, 1776, 1781-88 but is much rarer than the contemporary eight escudos. The government took over the mint in 1770 and enlarged it, increasing production plus the debasement of 1772 likely caused prior issues to be melted.

Recorded mintage: 816.

Specification: 13.54 g, .901 fine gold, .392 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12697, Fr-16; KM-33.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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