Venezuela 1983 3000 bolivares

Heritage sale 3010, lot 21985

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 21985 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $1,265. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Republic gold 3000 Bolivares 1983, Proof 65 PCGS, 200th anniversary of the birth of Simon Bolivar. Nice cameo details." This coin, featuring the bicentennial of the birth of liberator Simon Bolivar, is another in a series of NCLT's (non-circulating legal tender coins) that began appearing in the early seventies. It was accompanied by a silver 100 bolivares (KM Y58). See also the Venezuela 1975 1000 bolivares.

Recorded mintage: 10,000 proofs.

Specification: 31.1 g, 0.900 fine gold, .900 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM Y59.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.

Link to:

• Venezuela 1975 1000 bolivares
• Venezuela 1975 500 bolivares
• 1981 100 bolivares, Andres Bello
• 1983 5 centimos
• 1983 100 bolivares, 200th anniversary of the birth of Simon Bolivar
• Coins and currency dated 1983
• return to coins of Venezuela