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Auction: 382 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NY INC
Lot: 117

Cuba, Republic, Commemorative Gold Proof Piedfort 50-Pesos, 1989, Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones, "Sesquicentenary of the First Spanish-American Railroad in Cuba", by Rafael Artiles Silva and Jorge Fornés Ramos, REPUBLICA DE CUBA, BANCO NATIONAL DE CUBA, shield on star, 50 PESOS beneath, rev. 150 ANIV. DEL 1er FERROCARRIL HISPANO-AMERICANO, steam train right, key and 1989 above, HABANA-BEJUCAL 1837-1987 CUBA in three lines below, ORO FINO 1/2 OZ 0.999, edge milled, 31.11g, 12h, 26mm. (KM P25; JMA AAEE260), slight fingermarks in otherwise brilliant fields, a foxing spot bu O of PESOS, otherwise handsomely cameo, about as struck, an excissively rare piedfort striking with only TWELVE reportedly struck

Provenance

DNW 103, 1 October 2012, lot 4166



A truly bizarre piedfort striking of the 50 Pesos (1/2 Oz issue) given the existence of the 100 Pesos (1 oz issue) of which only 150 were struck. Only 12 Piedforts were reportedly issued

Sold for
$2,700

Starting price
$2200