Lazareto 1901 2-1/2 centavos token

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Stephen Album sale 50, lot 1288

This specimen was lot 1288 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $6,600. The catalog description[1] noted, "COLOMBIA: Republic, 2-1/2 centavos, 1901, Leprosarium Coinage, a well struck example with full bold details on both sides, with usual die crack through date into inner reverse field, PCGS graded AU55, RRR, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection. Part of a special coinage for use in the three government leper colonies ("Lazaretos" in Spanish) of Agua de Dios, Cano de Lord, and Contratacion. The hospitals were closed in the late 1950s and patients were allowed to exchange these special coins for regular currency at any bank. The Standard Catalog of World Coins states that only a few examples are known of this denomination."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.3 g, brass.

Catalog reference: KM-L1, Restrepo-360.1.

Source:

  • Almanzar, Alcedo, and Dale Seppa, Coins of Colombia, San Antonio, TX: 1973.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, Medellin, Colombia: Impresiones Rojo, 2006.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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