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[[Image:Chile 1789 8 escudos Aureo 243-0833g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 243, lot 833]]
 
[[Image:Chile 1789 8 escudos Aureo 243-0833g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 243, lot 833]]
  
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This specimen was lot 833 in Aureo y Calicó sale 243 (Barcelona, April 2012), where it sold for 1,900 € (about US$2,870 including buyer's fees). The catalog<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Carlos III (1759-1788). 1789. Carlos IV. Santiago. DA. 8 escudos. Busto de Carlos III. Ordinal IV. Bellísima. Brillo original. Rara y más en este excepcional estado. S/C-. '' (Eight escudos of 1789, Santiago mint. Bust of Charles III but ordinal IV. Beautiful, original luster, rare in this quality, about uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This type was struck at Santiago 1789-91 and tho expensive, is not rare like prior types.  
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This specimen was lot 833 in Aureo y Calicó sale 243 (Barcelona, April 2012), where it sold for 1,900 € (about US$2,870 including buyer's fees). The catalog<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Carlos III (1759-1788). 1789. Carlos IV. Santiago. DA. 8 escudos. Busto de Carlos III. Ordinal IV. Bellísima. Brillo original. Rara y más en este excepcional estado. S/C-. '' (Eight escudos of 1789, Santiago mint. Bust of Charles III but ordinal IV. Beautiful, original luster, rare in this quality, about uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This type was struck at Santiago 1789-91 and tho expensive, is not rare like prior types. It is the transitional type this the bust of Charles III but struck in the name of Charles IV. The old bust was used until 1808 ([[Chile 1791-So DA 8 escudos|KM 54]]) but the ordinal was changed to CAROLUS IIII in 1792.  
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It is the transitional type this the bust of Charles III but struck in the name of Charles IV. The old bust was used until 1808 ([[Chile 1791-So DA 8 escudos|KM 54]]) but the ordinal was changed to CAROLUS IIII in 1792.  
 
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 41,000 (KM 27 and KM 42).  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 41,000 (KM 27 and KM 42).  
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''Specification:'' 27.07 g, .875 fine gold, .761 troy oz AGW.
 
''Specification:'' 27.07 g, .875 fine gold, .761 troy oz AGW.
  
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''Catalog reference:'' KM 42, Cal. 146.
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''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-limonite]], KM 42, Cal. 146.
  
 
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Revision as of 11:08, 13 October 2022

Aureo sale 243, lot 833

This specimen was lot 833 in Aureo y Calicó sale 243 (Barcelona, April 2012), where it sold for 1,900 € (about US$2,870 including buyer's fees). The catalog[1] noted,

"Carlos III (1759-1788). 1789. Carlos IV. Santiago. DA. 8 escudos. Busto de Carlos III. Ordinal IV. Bellísima. Brillo original. Rara y más en este excepcional estado. S/C-. (Eight escudos of 1789, Santiago mint. Bust of Charles III but ordinal IV. Beautiful, original luster, rare in this quality, about uncirculated.)"

This type was struck at Santiago 1789-91 and tho expensive, is not rare like prior types. It is the transitional type this the bust of Charles III but struck in the name of Charles IV. The old bust was used until 1808 (KM 54) but the ordinal was changed to CAROLUS IIII in 1792.

Recorded mintage: 41,000 (KM 27 and KM 42).

Specification: 27.07 g, .875 fine gold, .761 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-limonite, KM 42, Cal. 146.

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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.

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