Chile 1811-So FJ real

Aureo y Calicó sale 423, lot 1707

This specimen was lot 1707 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 380 € (about US$492 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "1811. Fernando VII. Santiago. FJ. 1 real. Graded NGC as AU Details Cleaned, no. 2900514-013. Small flan defects. Some of its original luster. The best known. Ex Isabel Trastámara Collection 04/23/2015, no. 424. Ex Colección Medina. Val and Mexía Collection. Rare, especially in this condition. EBC [extremely fine]." This type was struck at Santiago 1808-17 in limited numbers but enough were saved that it is not rare. The bust of Charles IV was used on the one real and one escudo while an imaginary bust of Ferdinand was used on the two reales, eight reales and eight escudos.

Recorded mintage: 20,000.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.896 fine silver, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 3,32 g.

Catalog reference: KM 65, AC. 669, Cayón-15237.

Sources:

• 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
• Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

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