The Lissner Collection, Lot: 2166. Estimate $5000. Sold for $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VENEZUELA, Republic. 1830-present. AR 5 Reales (30mm, 11.55 g, 6h). Paris mint; différents: hand and anchor. Désiré-Albert Barre, engraver general. Ch.-Louis Dierickx, director. Dated 1858 A. KM (Y) 11. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 62. Superb lightly toned surfaces over very lustrous fields. Only one graded higher at MS 63. Somewhat more common than the other denominations of this series.