Bolivia 1864-PTS FP 1/10 boliviano

from Stack's Bowers October 2020 Collectors Choice sale, lot 71133

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was lot 71133 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $110. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. 1/10 Boliviano, 1864-PTS FP. Potosi Mint. PCGS MS-62 Gold Shield. A crisply struck coin with frosty devices and gray to faintly plum tinted fields." This silver one tenth boliviano was minted in Bolivia in 1864-67. This type is listed as rather scarcer than the subsequent ten centavos (KM 158.1) struck 1873-1900, which was only 2.3 grams.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 2.5 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-150.

Source:

• Almanzar, Alcedo, and Dale Seppa, Coins of Bolivia, 1820-1970, San Antonio, TX: 1970.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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