My Two Columnarios from Chile, and Other Santiago Mint Colonial Coins.

Eddi

I have shown these two before, but never together - the pride and joy of my Santiago, Chile mint colonial collection.

Of course, if anybody has any colonial coins from the Santiago mint It would be great to see them

scubafuel

Those are excellent and very rare! Well done. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I do not have any to add.

Footless

Those are some interesting pieces.

ELuis

I been looking/searching for a columnario type too one of these days...
Not a columnario but here is a 1/0 Pop:
1786-So DA 2R

Eddi

@ELuis said:
I been looking/searching for a columnario type too one of these days...
Not a columnario but here is a 1/0 Pop:
1786-So DA 2R

Very nice and scarce to rare in that condition. Congratulations.
In my experience, Santiago mint Carlos III minor coinage, specially 2R, 1R and 1/2R in grades above fine to very fine, like this example, is surprisingly scarce to rare. By comparison, Carlos IV coinage in higher grades is seen much more often.

Boosibri

ELuis

@Eddi said:
Very nice and scarce to rare in that condition. Congratulations.
In my experience, Santiago mint Carlos III minor coinage, specially 2R, 1R and 1/2R in grades above fine to very fine, like this example, is surprisingly scarce to rare. By comparison, Carlos IV coinage in higher grades is seen much more often.

Thank you. Indeed SO are way difficult to find like this one,

ELuis

@Boosibri said:

Nice coin, just for curiosity I tried to see it on the PCGS cert verification, but no luck. It shows a message in red.

Boosibri

@ELuis said:

@Boosibri said:

Nice coin, just for curiosity I tried to see it on the PCGS cert verification, but no luck. It shows a message in red.

I regraded it at one point. It’s a 64

ELuis

@Boosibri said:

Nice coin, just for curiosity I tried to see it on the PCGS cert verification, but no luck. It shows a message in red.

I regraded it at one point. It’s a 64

Thanks!

So, when it is regraded, the cert # remains the same? anyway this is what returns:

TheGoonies1985

@Eddi said:
I have shown these two before, but never together - the pride and joy of my Santiago, Chile mint colonial collection.

Of course, if anybody has any colonial coins from the Santiago mint It would be great to see them

Congrats those are amazing coins to own!!!

Eddi

Boosibri , amazing coin! what can I say.....
(now, show me an 1817 in that condition, and I will be truly impressed..... )

Eddi

Here is a Carlos III 1real 1775 from Santiago - a very difficult coin.

I had underestimated how difficult it is to find 1770s 1 real coins from Chile (besides 1773 and 1778) until I started to look for one. It took me 5/6 years to find this one.

MrEureka

This 4 escudos is extremely rare, possibly unique.

OGDan

@Boosibri said:

@ELuis said:

@Boosibri said:

Nice coin, just for curiosity I tried to see it on the PCGS cert verification, but no luck. It shows a message in red.

I regraded it at one point. It’s a 64

Hopefully you also got a new Trueview that lights both sides of the obverse. Great looking coin.

Eddi

@MrEureka said:
This 4 escudos is extremely rare, possibly unique.

I assume this is the same example referenced in C. Jara's 2005 work on Santiago coinage 1749-1772. As of 2005, this coin was considered unique. I is very possible this is still the case - One would have likely heard/read about a new example if it had been found. This is not the case. A notable coin.

ELuis

@MrEureka said:
This 4 escudos is extremely rare, possibly unique.

Is this the ones called "Cara de Rata" or Rat Face?

Boosibri

@ELuis said:

@MrEureka said:
This 4 escudos is extremely rare, possibly unique.

Is this the ones called "Cara de Rata" or Rat Face?

Yes

JohnnyCache