Chile 1792-So DA 8 reales

Aureo sale 232, lot 242

The specimen shown was lot 242 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 750 euros (about US$1,237 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"1799. Santiago. DA. 8 reales. Atractiva. Parte de brillo original. Rara así. EBC-/EBC. (Eight reales of 1799, Santiago mint; attractive and rare, with some original luster, extremely fine.)

This type was issued from Santiago 1791-1808. While the bust issues of Charles IV are more available than most of his predecessor, this date is rare. The SCWC prices it triple the 1793.

Recorded mintage: 161,000.

Specification: 27.07 g, .896 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13859, KM 51, Cal-747.

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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.

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