Necessity Coinage from the Chilean Revolution of 1859

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1236. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $175. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHILE, Republic. Copiapó. AR Peso (21.80 g). Undated issue (1859). Star within incuse shield; value I . P stamped in incuse below / Blank. Guttag 1064; Mailliet Suppl. 1; KM 2. VF, toned.

This necessity issue was struck during the Chilean Revolution of 1859, when several opposition parties joined to demand reforms of the country’s constitution. The insurrection was led by revolutionary Pedro León Gallo from the city of Copiapó, where this coin was struck. The government of Manuel Montt put down the rebellion just a few months after it started.