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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 469519, member: 4703&quot;]Here&#039;s pictures of a complete &quot;coin&quot; from the same series of .900 fine gold pieces honoring Venezuelan native chieftains.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i24.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/13/1e/3129_12.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i3.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/13/1e/3230_3.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>About all that I have been able to find out is that the series was produced in the 1950s, with various chieftain&#039;s portraits, weighing 1.5g which puts their AGW at .04347 oz., worth ~$35.</p><p><br /></p><p>Considering that <ul> <li>They have no stated denomination</li> <li>Krause lists them in &quot;Unusual World Coins&quot; instead of the Standard Catalog</li> <li>They specify their gold content; and</li> <li>A Swiss bank is named on the reverse</li> </ul><p>they appear to have been a private non-monetary bullion issue by the Interchange Bank of Switzerland.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, Doug is absolutely right about value; although if you had the complete set (possibly consisting of 24 pieces) a collector of Venezuelan historical artifacts might pay more.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://fineart.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=76021&amp;Lot_No=28174&amp;src=pr#Photo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://fineart.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=76021&amp;Lot_No=28174&amp;src=pr#Photo" rel="nofollow">Heritage</a> did sell one a couple of years ago, but I haven&#039;t figured out how to check the hammer price on their website.&nbsp; Maybe someone else can help out on that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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