Cuba 1915 5 pesos

Goldberg sale 55, lot 948

photo courtesy Ira & Larry Goldberg

This specimen was lot 948 in Goldberg sale 55 (Beverly Hills, October 2009), where it sold for $632.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Cuba. 5 Pesos, 1915. Jose Marti. NGC graded MS-64." This type was struck 1915-16 at the Philadelphia mint during a brief sugar boom in Cuba. Most of the mintage remained in bank vaults to back paper money and the type is rarely seen in circulated condition. Gold one, two, four, ten and twenty pesos were also issued.

Recorded mintage: 696,000.

Specification: 8.36 g, 0.900 fine gold, .242 troy oz AGW, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: Fr-4; KM 19.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, and Larry Goldberg, Goldberg Sale 55: Ancient & World Coins, Beverly Hills, CA: Ira and Larry Goldberg Auctioneers, 2009.

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