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| − | [[Image:SB923-73161o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73161]] | + | [[Image:SB923-73161o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers September 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73161]] |
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| − | This specimen was lot 73161 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $408. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Chile|CHILE]]. 1/2 Decimo, 1884-So. Santiago Mint. PCGS MS-65. Mule variety without "0.5". A brilliant little jewel, ablaze with flashy luster." The regular half décimo was struck in 0.500 fine silver 1879-94. This mule was struck without the fineness. It is awarded a slight premium in the SCWC but this example realized eight times the catalog value. The design was shared with the décimo, twenty centavos, fifty centavos and [[Chile 1884-So peso|silver peso]]. | + | This specimen was lot 73161 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $408. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Chile|CHILE]]. 1/2 Decimo, 1884-So. Santiago Mint. PCGS MS-65. Mule variety without "0.5". A brilliant little jewel, ablaze with flashy luster." The regular half décimo was struck in 0.500 fine silver 1879-94. This mule was struck without the fineness using the old reverse die from KM 137.2. It is awarded a slight premium in the SCWC but this example realized eight times the catalog value. The design was shared with the décimo, twenty centavos, fifty centavos and [[Chile 1884-So peso|silver peso]]. |
| − | ''Recorded mintage:'' 664,000 including KM 137.3. | + | ''Recorded mintage:'' 664,000 including [[Chile 1884 1/2 decimo KM-137.3|KM 137.3]]. |
''Specification:'' 1.25 g, 0.500 fine silver. | ''Specification:'' 1.25 g, 0.500 fine silver. | ||
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| − | * [[Chile 1878 1/2 decimo|1878 | + | * [[Chile 1878 1/2 decimo|1878 medio décimo]] |
| + | * [[Chile 1884 1/2 decimo KM-137.3|1884 medio décimo, with "0.5" fineness]] | ||
* [[Chile 1884-So peso|1884 peso]] | * [[Chile 1884-So peso|1884 peso]] | ||
| − | * [[Chile 1887 1/2 decimo|1887 | + | * [[Chile 1887 1/2 decimo|1887 medio décimo]] |
* [[Coins and currency dated 1884]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1884]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 Collector's Choice sale]] | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 Collector's Choice sale]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:49, 29 September 2024
This specimen was lot 73161 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $408. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHILE. 1/2 Decimo, 1884-So. Santiago Mint. PCGS MS-65. Mule variety without "0.5". A brilliant little jewel, ablaze with flashy luster." The regular half décimo was struck in 0.500 fine silver 1879-94. This mule was struck without the fineness using the old reverse die from KM 137.2. It is awarded a slight premium in the SCWC but this example realized eight times the catalog value. The design was shared with the décimo, twenty centavos, fifty centavos and silver peso.
Recorded mintage: 664,000 including KM 137.3.
Specification: 1.25 g, 0.500 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-149.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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