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* [[Cuba (1872-77) 50 centavos KM-R5.3|(1872-77) 50 centavos, key countermark on a U.S. seated liberty half dollar]] | * [[Cuba (1872-77) 50 centavos KM-R5.3|(1872-77) 50 centavos, key countermark on a U.S. seated liberty half dollar]] | ||
* [[Cuba (1872-77) 8 reales KM-R3|(1872-77) 8 reales, key countermark on a Mexico republic 8 reales]] | * [[Cuba (1872-77) 8 reales KM-R3|(1872-77) 8 reales, key countermark on a Mexico republic 8 reales]] | ||
| + | * [[Cuba (1872-77) peso KM-R6|(1872-77) peso, key countermark on a Mexico Maximilian peso]] | ||
* [[Cuba (1872-77) peso KM-R7|(1872-77) peso, key countermark on a Mexico "balance scale" peso]] | * [[Cuba (1872-77) peso KM-R7|(1872-77) peso, key countermark on a Mexico "balance scale" peso]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1872]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1872]] | ||
Revision as of 21:51, 4 April 2022
This specimen was lot 22422 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description[1] noted,
"CUBA. 50 Centavos, ND (1872-77). PCGS Genuine--Damage, VG Details Secure Holder. KM plate coin with a 'key' countermark on the reverse of a United States Bust Half Dollar, 1833, KM-32. The damage cited on the holder is two small dents on the obverse. Overall a wholesome piece despite this; one should recall that the coin had circulated for forty years before the countermark was applied. RARE host coin for this countermark. Toned and fully original. Ex: Stack's Philadelphia Americana Sale September 30 - October 2, 2010, lot# 5312. Ex: Bowers and Merena, Inc. The Lindesmith & LaRiviere Collections November 11-13, 1999, lot# 3205. Ex: Bowers and Merena, Inc. September 1992, lot# 2046."
This countermark was applied to various Mexican and U.S. coins during the Ten Years War (1868-78), the first major revolt against Spanish rule. The second revolt, beginning in 1896, attracted American support, leading to the Spanish-American War of 1898. Cuba received her independence in 1903 at the cost of becoming an American client state.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: host coin 13.48 g, .892 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-R5.2.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
- [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.
Link to:
- (1841) lattice counterstamp on a Spanish 2 reales of Charles III
- (1841) 2 reales, grill countermark on a Spanish pistareen
- (1872-77) 25 centavos, key countermark on a Mexico 25 centavos
- (1872-77) 50 centavos, key countermark on a U.S. seated liberty half dollar
- (1872-77) 8 reales, key countermark on a Mexico republic 8 reales
- (1872-77) peso, key countermark on a Mexico Maximilian peso
- (1872-77) peso, key countermark on a Mexico "balance scale" peso
- Coins and currency dated 1872
- return to coins of Cuba