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Santiago, Chile, 8 escudos, 1836IJ, overstruck on a Santiago 8E of 1818-34, very rare.

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Santiago, Chile, 8 escudos, 1836IJ, overstruck on a Santiago 8E of 1818-34, very rare.
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Santiago, Chile, 8 escudos, 1836IJ, overstruck on a Santiago 8E of 1818-34, very rare. KM-93. 26.6 grams. Well-struck VF with parts of the old design peeking through (most of FUERZA above DE CHILE in the legend). In 1835 Chile implemented a new design to commemorate the promulgation of a new constitution in 1833. In early 1836 officials discovered that some of the 8 escudos of the years 1826-30 of the previous type (1818-1834, KM-84), which were still legal tender, were found to be counterfeit and were recalled for melting. In the process the genuine coins that were turned in for examination were overstruck with the new design, and in fact Santiago's mint records from 1836 document the overstriking of 2400 pesos in that year (and only in that year), an amount equal to just 150 coins. Surviving examples of these coins number fewer than 10, and in Calicó's La Onza book the plated example is stated as unique and valued at 4000 Euros, an overstatement of rarity to be sure, but perhaps accurate in terms of value.