Portugal 1922 20 centavos
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This specimen was lot 22484 in Heritage sale 3021 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $3,818.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "Republic 20 Centavos 1922, MS67 NGC, very few records of this key date sold at all and certainly none sold in Gem plus condition. Possibly finest known." This type was struck 1920-22; the other two dates are common.
Recorded mintage: 580,000.
Specification: 6 g, copper-nickel.
Catalog reference: KM 571, Gomes-13.05 (23 mm diameter) or Gomes-14.02 (22 mm diameter).
- [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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.
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