The Lissner Collection, Lot: 1360. Estimate $2000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHILE, Republic. 1818-present. AV 8 Escudos (35mm, 27.07 g, 6h). Santiago mint. Dated 1845 So IJ. Friedberg 41; KM 104.2. In NGC encapsulation graded UNC DETAILS/Surface Hairlines. This coin is one of the most beautiful of this early Standing Liberty type we have seen. Fully lustrous choice BU. Faint hairlines invisible without magnification. A real quality coin in spite of the hairlines. A three year only type, with the highest graded specimen being MS 62.