Chile 1868-So 50 centavos

Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 71443

This specimen was lot 71443 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $720. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHILE. 50 Centavos, 1868-So. Santiago Mint. PCGS AU-58. A well-preserved and wholesome example, displaying abundant detailing even in the more delicate parts of the devices, such as the condor's breast and head. Much luster remains on the fields, which projects the elegant midnight blue and mottled gray tones of the surfaces. From the Pat Johnson Collection." This fifty centavo piece was minted in Santiago in 1867-72, superseding a type wtih higher relief (KM 134). This condor also appeared on half décimos, décimos and twenty centavos coins of the late 1860's. An 1867/6 overdate is mentioned in the SCWC but is awarded no premium.

Recorded mintage: 147,000.

Specification: 12.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, 30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-139.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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