Uruguay 1992 1/4 gaucho
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This specimen was lot 46166 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "URUGUAY. 1/4 Gaucho, 1992. NGC PROOF-66 Ultra Cameo. A brilliant Proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices." This type, accompanied by a half and one gaucho, was struck 1992 only. Officals may have planned a more extensive series of bullion coins but no more were made.
Recorded mintage: 500 proofs.
Specification: 8.64 g, 0.900 fine gold, 18 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-12; KM-108.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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