Colombia 1919 2 centavos

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 45675

the same specimen, from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was lot 45675 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "COLOMBIA. 2 Centavos, 1919. Bogota Mint. NGC MS-66. The sole finest graded specimen certified by NGC." This two centavos was struck for Colombia in Philadelphia, of a type issued 1918-22, 1933-42, 1946-47. The earlier dates were struck at the Philadelphia mint, the later ones in Bogotá, leading to a flurry of repunched date varieties.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a better date.

Specification: 3 g, copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM-198.

Source:

• Almanzar, Alcedo, and Dale Seppa, Coins of Colombia, San Antonio, TX: 1973.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, Medellin, Colombia: Impresiones Rojo, 2006.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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