Nicaragua 1912-H 25 centavos
This specimen was lot 33535 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $384. The catalog description[1] noted, "Republic 25 Centavos 1912-H MS65 PCGS, Heaton mint. Unusually fine and sublimely satiny for this typically well-circulated issue." This specimen, struck for Nicaragua by the Heaton mint in Birmingham, England, represented the new cordoba series which was to replace the peso. In addition to this twenty-five centavos, 1912 saw the issue of a half centavo, one centavo (KM 11, bronze), five centavos (KM 12, copper-nickel) and ten centavos (KM 13, silver). The twenty-five centavos was not issued again until 1914. This type was issued until 1936 and in 1939 it was superseded by a copper-nickel replacment (KM 18.1). None were actually struck in Nicaragua. The Spaniard pictured on the coin is Cordoba himself, who discovered Nicaragua.
Recorded mintage: 320,000.
Specification: 6.25 g, 0.800 fine silver, 24 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 14.
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- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019
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