Venezuela 1880 20 bolivares

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 41642

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 41642 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $780. The catalog description^[1] noted, "VENEZUELA. 20 Bolivares, 1880. Brussels Mint. NGC AU-55. Lightly circulated, yet displaying significant remaining luster and few marks over the surfaces. A SCARCE date in this quality." This type was struck 1879-80, 1886-88, 1904-05, 1910-12 at various mints. Altho no individual date has a large mintage, the type is common.

Recorded mintage: 84,000 (all varieties).

Specification: 6.4516 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.1867 oz AGW (same standard as a French twenty francs or).

Catalog reference: KM-Y32.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Stohr, Tomas, Catalogo de Monedas, Ensayos, Fichas y Resellos de Venezuela, Caracas, 1975.
• ^[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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