Chile 1798-So DA 4 escudos
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This specimen was lot 601 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,584 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1798. Carlos IV. Santiago. DA. 4 escudos. Muy rara. MBC-/MBC. (kingdom of Spain, Charles IV, four escudos of 1798, Santiago mint. Very rare, about very fine.)"This type was struck at Santiago thru 1808 in very small quantities.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.53 g, .875 fine gold, .380 troy oz AGW, this specimen 13,44 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14526, KM 62, Fr-26, Cal-285.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 345: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
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