Nicaragua 1956 25 centavos
This specimen was lot 2359 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $2,100. The catalog description[1] noted, "NICARAGUA. 25 Centavos, 1956. London Mint. PCGS PROOF-66 Deep Cameo. A VERY RARE proof striking, this coin represents a beautiful issue of Nicaragua that is free from spots or hairline[s]. Certain to be desired by the many collectors of Latin American coins." This specimen is from a type struck 1939, 1946, 1950-56. It is common in circulated condition. It was accompanied by ten centavos and fifty centavos. In 1967, the brutal and corrupt Luis Somoza died of a heart attack and was succeeded by his brutal, corrupt and incompetent brother, Anastasio, with baleful consequences for Nicaragua.
Recorded mintage: 3,000,000 + proofs.
Specification: 5 g, copper-nickel, 23 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-18.1.
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- Harris, Robert P., A Guide Book of Modern Latin American Coins, Racine, WI: Whitman Publishiing Co., 1966.
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- Stickney, Brian, A Monetary History of Central America, New York: American Numismatic Society, 2017.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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