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CICF Signature Sale 3032 10-12 April 2014
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Chile
Ferdinand VII gold 8 Escudos 1817 So-FJ, Santiago mint, KM78, Onza-1364, AU58 NGC. Just a tad of wear on the high points but unmolested surfaces retaining some brilliance in the protected fields. A rather appealing specimen of the last year of colonial doubloons issued at the Santiago Mint. Note that some dies dated 1818 were prepared by the Republicans before they had completed the engraving of the Republican 2-flags type, but those were eventually dismissed as unacceptable (since they would be proof of an Independent Republic issuing Colonial coinage) and repunched with the 1817 date (thus accounting for the apparently puzzling 1817/8 specimens extant, which were struck in early 1818).
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD
Ferdinand VII gold 8 Escudos 1817 So-FJ, Santiago mint, KM78, Onza-1364, AU58 NGC. Just a tad of wear on the high points but unmolested surfaces retaining some brilliance in the protected fields. A rather appealing specimen of the last year of colonial doubloons issued at the Santiago Mint. Note that some dies dated 1818 were prepared by the Republicans before they had completed the engraving of the Republican 2-flags type, but those were eventually dismissed as unacceptable (since they would be proof of an Independent Republic issuing Colonial coinage) and repunched with the 1817 date (thus accounting for the apparently puzzling 1817/8 specimens extant, which were struck in early 1818).
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD