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[[Image:Uruguay SB1019-72872o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72872]] | [[Image:Uruguay SB1019-72872o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72872]] | ||
[[Image:Uruguay SB1019-72872r.jpg|300px|thumb]] | [[Image:Uruguay SB1019-72872r.jpg|300px|thumb]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Uruguay 1869A centesimo obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]] | ||
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| − | + | The first specimen was lot 72872 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $110. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Uruguay|URUGUAY]]. Centesimo, 1869-A. Paris Mint. Republic. PCGS MS-64 Red Brown. A highly attractive near Gem, this brilliance piece features a good deal of red mint luster peeking though the brown. The sole and finest certified by PCGS. From the Cerro Catedral Collection." This type, along with a [[Uruguay 1869-A 2 centesimos|two]] and [[Uruguay 1869-A 4 centesimos|four centésimos]], was struck at Paris (shown here) and Heaton, Birmingham, and is common in circulated condition. The next one centésimo was issued in 1901. | |
''Recorded mintage:'' 1,000,000 plus another 1,000,000 from Heaton, Birmingham. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 1,000,000 plus another 1,000,000 from Heaton, Birmingham. | ||
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ||
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. | * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. | ||
| − | * <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, ''The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins,'' Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019. | + | * <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, ''The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2019. |
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1869]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1869]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale]] | + | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]] |
Latest revision as of 19:04, 13 October 2024
The first specimen was lot 72872 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $110. The catalog description[1] noted, "URUGUAY. Centesimo, 1869-A. Paris Mint. Republic. PCGS MS-64 Red Brown. A highly attractive near Gem, this brilliance piece features a good deal of red mint luster peeking though the brown. The sole and finest certified by PCGS. From the Cerro Catedral Collection." This type, along with a two and four centésimos, was struck at Paris (shown here) and Heaton, Birmingham, and is common in circulated condition. The next one centésimo was issued in 1901.
Recorded mintage: 1,000,000 plus another 1,000,000 from Heaton, Birmingham.
Specification: 5 g, bronze, 25 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-11.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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