Cordoba 1840-PP 1/4 real
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This specimen was lot 41015 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description[1] noted, "ARGENTINA. Cordoba. 1/4 Real, 1840-PP. NGC AU-58. An impressive near-Mint survivor from this SCARCE date. Bright and lustrous with a bold, full strike, this piece is the finest of just three total examples cited by NGC. From the EMO Collection." This type was struck 1839-41; the 1839 is the most common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.7-0.8 g, silver, probably debased.
Catalog reference: EMO-2028 (Plate coin); KM-2.2; Janson-18.1.1.
- Cunietti-Ferrando, Arnaldo José, Monedas de la República Argentina, Asociación Numismática Argentina, Buenos Aires, 1965.
- Janson, Hector Carlos, La Moneda Circulante En El Territorio Argentino, 1767-1998, Buenos Aires, 1998.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [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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