Mexico 1829-Ga FS 1/2 escudo

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 21377

This specimen was lot 21377 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $4,800. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 1/2 Escudo, 1829-GaFS. PCGS MS-64+ Secure Holder. Intricately detailed throughout the design with strong reflective gleam in the fields and rich orange tone around portions of the legends. RARE as a date as well, this being the only example thus far certified, with no uncertified examples appearing in a search of archived auction records."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.875 fine gold, .049 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-113; KM-378.2.

Source:

• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Long, Richard A., Gold Coins of the Early Mexican Republic, 1823-1873, North Bend, OR: Wegferd Publications, 2004.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.

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