Uruguay 1877-A 20 centesimos

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from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 21587
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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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The first specimen was lot 21587 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "URUGUAY. 20 Centesimos, 1877-A. PCGS SP-64 Secure Holder. An impressively detailed coin, possessing significant vertical die polish lines in the fields and faint amber tone at the edges. Only surpassed by one example in the PCGS population reports." This type was struck 1877 and 1893 along with a ten centésimos, fifty centésimos and one peso. It is common.

Recorded mintage: 1,500,000.

Specification: 5 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-15.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

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