Venezuela 1913 2 bolivares
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This specimen was lot 74710 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "VENEZUELA. 2 Bolivares, 1913. Paris Mint. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. From the Richard August Collection." This specimen, from a type issued 1879, 1886-89, 1894, 1900-13, 1919-30, 1935-36, is a product of the Paris mint and is a rare date. A "raised 3" variety is noted. The years 1929, 1935-36 are the common dates. It was struck to the module of the French two francs.
Recorded mintage: 210,000 all varieties.
Specification: 10 g, 0.835 fine silver, 27 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM Y23.
- 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, October 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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