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NYINC Signature Sale 3044 3-4 January 2016
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Republic gold 5 Pesos 1873-GW MS64 NGC, San Jose mint, KM118. The rare one-year type variety with the denomination as "5". Choice Uncirculated with a sharp strike, fully lustrous surfaces and a few haphazard minor surface abrasions preventing the Choice designation. Currently the finest certified example by two grades by NGC (the population report for each of the two varieties are mixed in NGC's website, where this example is incorrectly listed as the commoner "CINCO PESOS" variety) and a strong candidate for finest known, with no better examples noted by the cataloguer. A rare issue in any grade, extremely rare and desirable in this superb quality, and a good companion piece for the legendary 20 Pesos of the same type also offered herein.From the Pura Vida Collection, Part I
Estimate: 5000-6000 USD
Republic gold 5 Pesos 1873-GW MS64 NGC, San Jose mint, KM118. The rare one-year type variety with the denomination as "5". Choice Uncirculated with a sharp strike, fully lustrous surfaces and a few haphazard minor surface abrasions preventing the Choice designation. Currently the finest certified example by two grades by NGC (the population report for each of the two varieties are mixed in NGC's website, where this example is incorrectly listed as the commoner "CINCO PESOS" variety) and a strong candidate for finest known, with no better examples noted by the cataloguer. A rare issue in any grade, extremely rare and desirable in this superb quality, and a good companion piece for the legendary 20 Pesos of the same type also offered herein.From the Pura Vida Collection, Part I
Estimate: 5000-6000 USD