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1 Real - Carlos III
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Chile |
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| Year | 1773-1789 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Chained |
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| Mintage | 1773 So DA - - 14,000 1775 So DA - - 27,000 1776 So DA - Overdate variety exist - 10,000 1777 So DA - - 20,000 1778 So DA - Overdate variety exist - 95,000 1779 So DA - - 42,000 1780 So DA - - 31,000 1781 So DA - - 68,000 1782 So DA - - 32,000 1783 So DA - - 27,000 1784 So DA - - 64,000 1785 So DA - Overdate variety exist - 48,000 1786 So DA - Overdate variety exist - 102,000 1787 So DA - - 60,000 1788 So DA - Overdate variety exist - 112,000 1789 So DA - Includes KM# 36 - 109,000 |
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Carlos III's monetary reforms of the 1770s pushed Chilean mints toward more standardized milled coinage, gradually displacing the cob ("macuquina") pieces that had dominated colonial circulation for over a century. The Santiago mint — operating under royal contract — produced this denomination throughout a period when silver from the Andean mines was being aggressively channeled toward Spain to fund wars against Britain, including the American Revolutionary conflict in which Spain was a reluctant but consequential participant.
KM#29 specimens from the early 1770s occasionally show assayer initials that differ from later strikes in the same series, reflecting personnel changes at the Casa de Moneda worth noting when attributing individual pieces.