Chile 1792 1/4 real

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 51376

This specimen was lot 51376 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $576. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHILE. 1/4 Real, 1792. Santiago Mint. Charles IV. NGC VF-35. Type without mintmark. Variety with widely-spaced date. A lovely and wholesome example for this uncommon type. Richly toned with plenty of subdued luster surrounding its bold central devices. From the EMO Collection." The Santiago mint experimented with several designs for the quarter real before settling on the familiar lion and castle type in 1796. This one, featuring the lion and castle but without mintmark or value, was struck 1792-93 only and is quite scarce.

Recorded mintage: 255,000 (all types).

Specification: 0.84 g, 0.896 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13117, EMO-856.1 (Plate coin); KM-56 (Unlisted date); Cal-187.

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.
• Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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