The Story of the “Anguilla Liberty Dollar”
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At first glance, this appears to be a counterstamped world coin from Anguilla. Part of that is true, the coin itself is a 1967 $1, X#2 C/M on a Mexico 5 Peso. However, the stamp did not take place on the small British island territory in the Caribbean, it was added in the basement of the Chronicle Building in San Francisco.
Today the “Anguilla” dollars trade based on their host under-types. Most common are coins struck on Mexico 5 Pesos and 10 Pesos, which trade for under $200. Rare host coins such as China Yuan Shih-Kai Dollars are very difficult to obtain and can exceed thousands of dollars.
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Interesting story.... never ran into those at coin shows in the PNW.... would not have known what they were anyway....Thanks for the history. Cheers, RickO
They were listed in the Krause World catalogs in the 1980s which is how I knew about them. I have to wonder what happened to the $100/50 Peso counterstrikes that are mentioned in the article? Those would have likely been illegal - more likely since they were probably the later restrikes and not the 1920's originals.
Thx for posting. There is some great detail in there, most of which I was not aware of.
One issue I noticed - the article says the issuer used the presses in the basement of a newspaper to counterstamp the coins. I doubt that a newspaper press could be modified to counterstamp coins,
I have one of these coins. Mine is without the darkening in the letters, but it is good to know that the darkened ones (with newspaper ink?) are also original.
The 50s go for BIG money - I think I remember a figure of 8k some years ago. Also rare are the Anguilla 1968 issues in gold and platinum.
Well, just Love coins, period.
I remember seeing these in a dealers case at the San Francisco Jack Tar hotel coin show in the 70s. I wish I bought some
Hmmm, I had 6 or 7 different when I started selling my World Collection. Guess I sold them way too soon.
That beauty contest musta been a real trip. Peace Roy
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