| Author |
 Replies: 9 / Views: 8,315 |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3499 Posts |
I just pulled this one from a junk box today expecting it to not be worth too much, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that my 2009 Krause lists it as $20 in EF. What confuses me is the mintage listed. It merely says "included above," but the listing above, KM # 11.2, does not list a mintage for the 1920. So is this truly the value of my coin or is this some sort of misprint in that there is some other variety of 1943? Any input would be appreciated!   |
|
|
|
Rest in Peace
United States
1729 Posts |
I've run into a few of these "see aboves" in Krause, but if you look at 11.1 for 1920, you'll see a total mintage of 10,000,000. That's probably the "missing figure", which would indicate that whatever mint ran these for Cuba lumped several mint runs into one figure for whatever reason, although ten million might be some person's ballpark figure. Nice coin, btw.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
645 Posts |
Your coin is actually KM#11.3a(brass). Prior to a renumbering, it was 11.2a, which would have been listed before 11.3. Combined mintage of 11.3 and 11.3a is 6,000,000.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
 United States
3499 Posts |
pls- Thanks for the input! I guess that I got a good deal since I only paid 25 cents. I just wonder what the true mintage of this coin was. Is it possible that many were destroyed for some reason?
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
525 Posts |
I would suspect that many Cuban coins from that period came to the US with returning tourists. Cuba was a popular vacation spot for Americans until the Castro period. ____________________________________________________________ Check out my website at: http://www.brianrxm.comRoman Coins, Mexican Coins, Favorite Coins, Movie Coins The San Francisco Mint 1949 Mexico Peso Restrike for China https://www.brianrxm.comThe Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin Coins in Movies Coins on Television
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
539 Posts |
maybe I need a lesson in reading Krause but I see this listed as 11.3a as DCH mentions. But the 2010 Krause I'm looking at gives some much larger mintage numbers for 11.3.
I see 11.3a at 6M and 11.3 (with 3 years of mintage) at 130M. am I reading that wrong?
And that is a very nice looking coin and it is even prettier for $0.25 LOL
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
645 Posts |
I was referring to 1943 only. 11.3a and 11.3(1943) combined mintage of 6,000,000.
|
|
Valued Member
 United States
306 Posts |
My understanding of the 1943 is that one has 4.6 GR. and the other one has 5.0 GR. for weights. Is that correct?
Terrell
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
645 Posts |
11.3 is 5gr of CN.
11.3a is 4.6gr of Brass. KM incorrectly lists this as 5gr.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3499 Posts |
Ohhh, now I see that there are two different KM#'s for this coin. I suppose that my coin is KM # 11.3a.
Thanks for the help, everyone!
|
| |
Replies: 9 / Views: 8,315 |
|
Posted 05/19/2010 8:21 pm
