Chile 1790-So DA 8 escudos
This specimen was lot 7059 in Ponterio sale 152 (New York, January 2010), where it sold for $2,300. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHILE. 8 Escudos, 1790-DA. SCARCE three-year type. Bust of Charles III; legend: 'CAROL . IV.' NGC AU-55." This type was struck in Santiago, Chile, during the transition from Charles III (1759-88) and Charles IV (1788-1808). The Santiago mint never used the bust of Charles IV on its eight escudos, continuing the use of the bust of Charles III. The only difference between the transitional type shown here and the standard type is the king's ordinal, which is "IIII" on KM 54.
Recorded mintage: 42,000.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold, .761 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14461, Fr-19; KM 42.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, Ponterio sale 152: The 2010 NYINC Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2009.
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