Cuba 1995 10 pesos
This specimen was lot 1033 in Sedwick Auction 37 (Winter Park, FL, May 2025), where it sold for $7,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "CUBA, Havana mint, proof pattern 10 pesos, 1995, World Cup France 1998, extremely rare, NGC PF 69 Ultra Cameo, finest and only example in NGC census. Virtually flawless cameo showing a design of togate Greeks with horses in front of a giant soccer ball, apparently an unapproved design (not issued), one of only two minted in silver in addition to a single uniface trial in brass." The uniface brass die trial mentioned by the auctioneers is shown in Numista (N#417467) with the comment, "Apollo Fountain at Versailles, with football on background. event name on top, issuing date on bottom....Non accepted reverse design for commemorative coin." The SCWC shows over a hundred pattern and off-metal strikes for the 1995 ten pesos but not this one.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 20 g, 0.999 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Aledón-unlisted; KM-unlisted.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011..
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Treasure Auction 37, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Almenara Collection of Colonial Peruvian Gold Coins, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.
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