Chile 1980 onza

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 44054

This specimen was lot 44054 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $3,000. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHILE. Onza, 1980-So. Santiago Mint. PCGS MS-69. The single finest certified of the type on either the NGC or PCGS population reports. Channeling the design for the 1758-So J 'Pillar Dollar,' this bullion striking presents an intense degree of shimmering beauty and brilliance, with it standing as essentially flawless and without issue. From the S.P. Rutherford Collection." This bullion coin was struck in small numbers 1978-83. The SCWC has moved it to Unusual World Coins.

Recorded mintage: 1,730.

Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-65; KM X2 (formerly KM 215).

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
• 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.
• ^[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.

Link to:

• 1979 onza
• 1983 media onza, 10th anniversary of the Pinochet coup, ½ oz silver
• Coins and currency dated 1980