Chile 1864 peso oro

Heritage sale 3029, lot 31242

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 31242 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $282. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Republic gold Peso 1864-So, XF45 NGC. The final year of this short-lived type. A perfect representative for the grade, this coin has no distracting marks; blushes of attractive apricot tone appear on both sides." This type was struck 1860-64 and, like the silver peso of 1853-62, is much scarcer than the SCWC values indicate.

Recorded mintage: 29,000.

Catalog reference: KM 133.

Specification: 1.52 g, 0.900 fine gold, .044 troy oz AGW, 14 mm diameter.

Source:

• 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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