Tierra del Fuego 1889 gramo
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This specimen was lot 34333 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $3,360. The catalog description[1] noted, "ARGENTINA. Gramo, 1889. Buenos Aires Mint. NGC MS-63. An elusive and always popular type, this single Gramo from Julius Popper's Tierra del Fuego mining operation provides lovely details and a pittance of marking and disturbances. Softly colored with a light rainbow hue, and lightly lustrous, this piece provides much appeal at its Choice grade. A must have example from one of the most unique issuers of coins in the modern era. From the Augustana Collection."
Recorded mintage: 1,020.
Specification: gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-2; KM-Tn5; CJ-7.
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- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Janson, Hector Carlos, La Moneda Circulante En El Territorio Argentino, 1767-1998, Buenos Aires, 1998.
- Cunietti-Ferrando, Arnaldo José, Monedas de la República Argentina, Asociación Numismática Argentina, Buenos Aires, 1965.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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