Belize 1985 25 cents

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71082

This specimen was lot 71082 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BELIZE. 25 Cents, 1985. PCGS SPECIMEN-65 Gold Shield. FAO issue: World Congress for Forestry. A highly brilliant and lustrous Gem, this issue is tied with just two other specimens for the finest certified by PCGS." This one year type interrupted the regular issue twenty-five cents (KM 36) struck 1974-2000. Concurrently with that series, the Franklin Mint issued silver collector coins with a different design, without the queen's protrait.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 5.60 g, copper-nickel, 23.6 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-77.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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.

Link to:

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