Uruguay 1901-A 2 centesimos

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72888

This specimen was lot 72888 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "URUGUAY. 2 Centesimos, 1901-A. Paris Mint. PCGS MS-66 Gold Shield. Champagne toned and virtually flawless, this piece is the finest known for either PCGS or NGC. From the Cerro Catedral Collection." This type was struck 1901, 1909, 1924, 1936 and 1941 at Paris except for the 1924, struck at Poissy. It accompanied a similar one and five centésimos.

Recorded mintage: 7,500,000.

Specification: 3.5 g, copper-nickel, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-20.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

• 1894 50 centésimos
• 1901-A centésimo
• 1901-A 5 centésimos
• 1909-A 2 centésimos
• 1917 50 centésimos
• Coins and currency dated 1901