Chile 1806-So FJ real

Heritage sale 3015, lot 23797

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23797 in Heritage sale 3015 (Long Beach, September 2011), where it sold for $1,207.50.

The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Carlos IIII Real 1806-FJ, MS63 NGC Whittier Collection, remarkably bold details with light toning, rarely encountered in mint state. From The Tarapaca Collection of Chilean Coins."

This specimen is one of a series struck 1792-1808 in Santiago, Chile, during the reign of Charles IV.

The opening of an enlarged Casa de Moneda in 1805 allowed the increase in mintages and this type is not rare. A overdate, 1806/5, is also recorded.

Recorded mintage: 38,000.

Specification: 3.38 g, .896 fine silver, .098 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 58.

Source:

• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3015, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.
• Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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