Cuba 1920 40 centavos

from Stack's Bowers 2017 NYINC sale, lot 6263

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 6263 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $282. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CUBA. 40 Centavos, 1920. NGC MS-63. High relief. pleasing steely tone." This type was struck in the United States for Cuba 1915-20. Unlike the pesos, this denomination circulated extensively. This date is scarce compared to 1915. The catalog records "low relief star" and "high relief star" varieties. The 1916 is very rare. The sources do not state why the forty centavos denomination was selected over the more conventional fifty centavos.

Recorded mintage: 540,000 plus a few proofs.

Specification: 10 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-14.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.

Link to:

• 1915 40 centavos
• 1920 centavo
• 1920 5 centavos
• 1920 10 centavos
• 1920 20 centavos
• 1952 40 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1920
• return to coins of Cuba