Chile 1792-So DA 2 reales KM-59

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 45547

This specimen was lot 45547 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHILE. 2 Reales, 1792-So Da. Santiago Mint. Charles IV. NGC VG Details--Cleaned. Type with bust of Charles IIII." This specimen is one of a type struck at Santiago 1792-1808. The bust of the deceased Charles III (KM 49) was also used in 1792 and is quite scarce.

Recorded mintage: 14,000 including KM 49.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.896 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-59, Cayón-13550.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[2]Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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