Venezuela 1911 20 bolivares

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 25080

This specimen was lot 25080 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "VENEZUELA. 20 Bolivares, 1911. NGC MS-63. Sharply struck, brilliant and attractive." This denomination was struck in gold 1904-12 to the standard of a French twenty francs d'or. Varieties exist.

Recorded mintage: 80,000.

Specification: 6.45 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.185 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 32. Fr-5c.

Source:

• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
• 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.
• Stohr, Tomas, El Circulante en la Capitania General de Venezuela, Caracas, Banco Central de Venezuela, 1998.

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