Montenegro 1906 para

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from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71349
Montenegro SB220-71349r.jpg

This specimen was lot 71349 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "MONTENEGRO. Para, 1906. PCGS MS-64 Red Brown Gold Shield. A sharply struck and lustrous Para with a dark, red brick color." In 1906, officials in Montenegro had struck one para (shown here), two pare (KM 2), ten para (KM 3), twenty para (KM 4) for the young nation. Other denominations were added in 1910-14. Montenegro was incorporated into Yugoslavia in 1918-19. This type was struck 1906 only and is rather scarce.

Recorded mintage: 200,000.

Specification: bronze.

Catalog reference: KM-1.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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