Venezuela 1900 bolivar
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This specimen was lot 2410 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "VENEZUELA. Bolivar, 1900. Paris Mint. NGC AU-58. Fully struck and seemingly without wear, this Bolivar immediately impresses with its exceptional radiance. RARE in this certified quality with all the attributes of an even higher grade! From the Centuria Collection." This type was struck at various mints 1879, 1886-89, 1893, 1900-03, 1911-12, 1919-29, 1935-36 to the same standard as a French franc. Only the last dates are common.
Recorded mintage: 380,000.
Specification: 5 g, 0.835 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-Y22.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Stohr, Tomas, El Circulante en la Capitania General de Venezuela, Caracas, Banco Central de Venezuela, 1998.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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