Dominican Republic 1974 peso

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 44313

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 44313 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $204. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Peso, 1974. NGC MS-69. Struck for the 12th Central American and Caribbean Games. A blast white and fully lustrous coin." By the time this NCLT was issued, silver pesos no longer circulated. This one was strictly for collectors.

Recorded mintage: 50,000 + 5,000 proofs.

Specification: 26.7 g, 0.900 fine silver, 38 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-35.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• 1972 peso
• 1974 25 centavos
• 1974 30 pesos, 12th Central American and Caribbean Games
• 1975 10 centavos
• 1975 100 pesos, Taino art
• 1976 peso
• Coins and currency dated 1974