Chile 1787-So DA 2 reales

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 22353

This specimen was lot 22353 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CHILE. 2 Reales, 1787-SoDA. Charles III (1759-88). PCGS VF-35 Secure Holder. Toned." Harris^[2] tabulates the Charles III two reales of Santiago as the fourth most abundant mint, after Mexico City (common), Potosi and Lima (each about half as common as Mexico) but it is still scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, .896 fine silver, 196 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-30.

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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[2]Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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