Venezuela 1990 5000 bolivares

from Stack's Bowers 2016 ANA sale, lot 23122

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 23122 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it sold for $763.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "VENEZUELA. 5,000 Bolivares, 1990. NGC PROOF-69 ULTRA CAMEO. Struck for the 200th anniversary of the birth of Jose Antonio Paez. Deep icy mirrored fields and without breaks to the frosted devices. Total of 0.4500 Troy ounces AGW." Another NCLT from Venezuela. The SCWC does not state where this was made but it was not in Venezuela, which had no mint at the time.

Recorded mintage: 10,000.

Specification: 15.55 g, 0.900 fine gold, 27 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-14; Y-65.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.

Link to:

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