Anguilla 1967 dollar KM-X2

Stack's Bowers May 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71141

This specimen was lot 71141 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ANGUILLA. Anguilla - Mexico. Dollar, 1967. PCGS AU-58. A "Liberty Dollar" counterstamped on a Mexico 5 Pesos of 1948 (KM-465) to support the Anguillan Secession Movement. A SCARCE Anguillan piece with much lustrous brilliance remaining on the lightly toned host coin. The counterstamp is bold and legible, making for a charming overall example." A newspaper editor and coin collector in San Francisco fabricated these to raise money for his friends in Anguilla, an island in the Caribbean. He counterstamped a variety of readily available silver coins, including this Mexican five pesos. As they never circulated, Krause has consigned them to Unusual World Coins.

Recorded mintage: 1,500.

Specification: host coin 30 g, 0.900 fine silver, .868 troy oz ASW, 40 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM X2.

Source:

Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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Anguilla 1967 dollar KM-X2

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