Chile 1791-So DA real KM-48

Sedwick Treasure auction 26, lot 757

This specimen was lot 757 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 26 (Winter Park, FL, November 2019), where it sold for $416.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Santiago, Chile, bust 1 real, Charles IV transitional (bust of Charles III, ordinal IIII), 1791DA, NGC VF 20, finest and only example in NGC census. Attractive light toning all over, broad flan, slightly off-center strike, scarce one-year type." This example, from a type struck 1791 only, realized double the catalog value, reflecting the fact that this is its first appearance in any auction in several years.

Recorded mintage: 20,000 (including KM 36).

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.896 fine silver.

Catalog reference: CT-587; KM-48, Cayón-13384.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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.
• ^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 26, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.

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