Venezuela 1903 5 bolivares

Heritage sale 3019, lot 25697

This specimen was lot 25697 in Heritage sale 3019 (Chicago, April 2012), where it sold for $5,462.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Republic 5 Bolivares 1903, AU55 NGC, very sharply struck with medium gray patina, an attractive original example of this scarce date and one of the finest we can remember seeing in the market." This type was struck until 1936. The later dates are common but this product of the Philadelphia mint is scarce.

Recorded mintage: 200,000.

Specification: 25 g, 0.835 fine silver, 0.723 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-Y24.2,

Source:

• ^[1]Tucker, Warren, and Cristiano Bierrenbach, World and Ancient Coins sale 3019, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Stohr, Tomas, El Circulante en la Capitania General de Venezuela, Caracas, Banco Central de Venezuela, 1998.

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