El Salvador 1915 3 centavos

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Sedwick Treasure Auction 28, lot 838
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This specimen was lot 838 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "El Salvador, copper-nickel 3 centavos, 1915, PCGS MS63. Lustrous, with incipient rainbow toning." This type was struck at Philadelphia along with a centavo (KM 127) and five centavos (KM 129). The other denominations were struck in multiple years but the three centavos was not issued again until 1974.

Reported Mintage: 2,700,000.

Specification: 3.5 g, copper-nickel, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-128.

Source:

  • 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 and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 28, featuring the Dr. Peter Jones and John O'Brien collections, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.

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