Uruguay 1869-A centesimo

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72872

from the Mountain Groan Collection

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.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1869-H centésimo
• 1869-A 2 centésimos
• 1869-H 2 centésimos
• 1869-A 4 centésimos
• 1869-H 4 centésimos
• 1901-A centésimo
• 1901-A 2 centésimos
• Coins and currency dated 1869