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This specimen was lot 6640 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $336. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Chile|CHILE]]. 5 Centavos, 1901-So. Santiago Mint. NGC MS-67. This example is the 1901/801 overdate, with ".0.5". A sharply struck Gem with full satiny luster and faint toning." This type was struck 1899, 1901, 1904-07 and many overdates exist. The decline in silver content did not stop with this type; in 1908 it was reduced to 1 g, .400 fine and finally to copper-nickel in 1920. All dates are common.
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The first specimen was lot 6640 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $336. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Chile|CHILE]]. 5 Centavos, 1901-So. Santiago Mint. NGC MS-67. This example is the 1901/801 overdate, with ".0.5". A sharply struck Gem with full satiny luster and faint toning." This type was struck 1899, 1901, 1904-07 and many overdates exist. The decline in silver content did not stop with this type; in 1908 it was reduced to 1 g, .400 fine and finally to copper-nickel in 1920. All dates are common.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 2,109,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 2,109,000.
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* [[Chile 1899 5 centavos|1899 5 centavos]]
 
* [[Chile 1899 5 centavos|1899 5 centavos]]
* [[Chile 1915 5 centavos|1915 5 centavos]]
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* [[Chile 1902-So 50 centavos|1902 50 centavos]]
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* [[Chile 1904 centavo|1904 centavo]]
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* [[Chile 1904 5 centavos|1904 5 centavos]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1901]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1901]]
  
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Revision as of 09:48, 19 September 2024

from the Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 6640
SB122-6640r.jpg
from the Mountain Groan Collection
Chile 1901 5 centavos rev DSLR.jpg

The first specimen was lot 6640 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHILE. 5 Centavos, 1901-So. Santiago Mint. NGC MS-67. This example is the 1901/801 overdate, with ".0.5". A sharply struck Gem with full satiny luster and faint toning." This type was struck 1899, 1901, 1904-07 and many overdates exist. The decline in silver content did not stop with this type; in 1908 it was reduced to 1 g, .400 fine and finally to copper-nickel in 1920. All dates are common.

Recorded mintage: 2,109,000.

Specification: 1 g, 0.500 fine silver, 14 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-155.2.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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