Paraguay 1987 250000 guaranies

Heritage sale 3021, lot 22373

This specimen was lot 22373 in Heritage sale 3021 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $2,585. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Republic 250000 Guaranies 1987, PF68 Ultra Cameo NGC, small mintage of 500 pieces with a reported melting of 250 pieces. From The Richard P. Ariagno Collection."

Recorded mintage: about 500.

Specification: 46 g, 0.917 fine gold, 1.356 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 172.

Source:

• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3021, featuring the Cecil Webster, Richard P. Ariagno and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1983 100,000 guaranies, Stroessner
• 1986 guarani F.A.O.
• 1986 10 guaranies F.A.O.
• 1986 50 guaranies
• Paraguay 1988 300000 guaranies Stroessner
• Coins and currency dated 1987
• return to coins of Paraguay