Cuba 2000 50 pesos KM-705

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Sedwick Treasure Auction 36, lot 1243
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This specimen was lot 1243 in Sedwick Auction 36 (Winter Park, FL, November 2024), where it sold for $1,620. The catalog description[1] noted, "CUBA, Havana mint, gold proof 50 pesos, 2000, Welcome New Millennium - Hot Air Balloons, NGC PF 68 Ultra Cameo, "top pop." Practically flawless, currently tied with one other for finest in NGC census (mintage quantity unknown)." This NCLT accompanied a 100 pesos of the same design (KM 713). Friedberg does not list any Cuban gold coins after Fr-100 (issued 2001).

Recorded mintage: unknown but all proofs.

Specification: 15.55 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.500 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM-705.

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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Treasure Auction 36, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Luis R. Ponte collection, the Jorge Becerra Collection and the John M. O'Brien collection, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.

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