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CHILE: Fernando VII, 1808-1818, AE 8 reales, 1811, EF-AU

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CHILE: Fernando VII, 1808-1818, AE 8 reales, 1811, EF-AU
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CHILE: Fernando VII, 1808-1818, AE 8 reales, 1811, KM-75, El-68, assayer FJ, imaginary bust, adjustment mark on face, lustrous, EF-AU

ex George Milne (1990)
ex George Ball (1930)

Europe was in chaos during the Napoleonic Wars, so an accurate portrait of the new king did not reach the New World for some time. These early issues of Fernando VII featured a so-called "imaginary bust" as a stand-in until the accurate portrait arrived.