Bolivia 1907-PTS MM 20 centavos

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 40641
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This specimen was lot 40641 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOLIVIA. 20 Centavos, 1907-PTS MM. Potosi Mint. NGC MS-65. A SCARCE date." This silver twenty centavos was struck in Potosi 1884-1907. It superseded similar twenty centavos (KM 154.1-.3 and KM 159.1) issued 1870-83. All types are fairly common tho varieties abound. Assayer MM is recorded for 1899-1907. Silver coinage ended in Bolivia in 1909.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: 4.6 g, 0.900 fine silver, 22.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-159.2.

Sources:

  • 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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