Cuba, gold piefort 50 pesos, 1989, Jose Marti, NGC PF 69 Ultra Cameo, ex-Rudman. KM-214. Scarce issue imitating the 1915-16 design from Philadelphia, only 15 pieces struck in Proof, with flashy mirror surfaces in bright yellow gold, no marks but some faint surface speckling, currently tied with three others for finest known in the NGC census. Pedigreed to the Isaac Rudman Numismatic Cabinet.
($1000-1500)