Chile 1920 20 centavos

Sedwick sale 25, lot 1845

This specimen was lot 1845 in Sedwick sale 25 (Winter Park, FL, May 2018), where it sold for $154.70. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Santiago, Chile, copper-nickel 20 centavos, 1920, NGC MS 64, finest and only known example in NGC census. Smooth fields with muted luster, faintly rainbow toned all over. NGC #4715670-003." Oscar Roty's defiant condor, first used in 1895, appeared on virtually all Chilean silver and copper-nickel coins until 1940. This type was struck in copper-nickel until 1929; this is the scarcest date. It superseded KM 151.3 (3 g, 0.400 fine silver, 21.5 mm, m. 4,189,000), which was struck 1907-09, 1913, 1919-20.

Recorded mintage: 499,000.

Specification: 4.5 g, copper-nickel, 22.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 167.1.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 25, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.

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