Cuba 1994 200 pesos
This specimen was lot 20109 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $9,000. The catalog description[1] noted, "CUBA. 200 Pesos, 1994. NGC PROOF-69 ULTRA CAMEO. EXTREMELY RARE. Marked '1 oz Au 0.900' but definitely heavier. Reported mintage of only ten pieces made by the Castro regime for the centennial of the Manifesto of Montecristi written by José Martí. A piefort version of KM-545, itself only having an issue of 100 pieces. Sharply struck as would be expected being proof piedfort with hard flashy surfaces with frosted cameo devices. A opportunity to acquire a modern rarity."
Recorded mintage: unknown, all proof.
Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine gold (KM 545).
Catalog reference: KM 545, KM-P57.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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