Martinique 1922 50 centimes

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Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 57507
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This specimen was lot 57507 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "MARTINIQUE. 50 Centimes, 1922. NGC MS-61." This type and an accompanying one franc are the only issues recorded for Martinique in the twentieth century. Both are scarce and expensive.

Recorded mintage: 500,000.

Specification: copper-nickel per the SCWC, more likely aluminum bronze like the similar France 1922 50 centimes.

Catalog reference: KM-40.

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, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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