San Luis Potosi 1828 medal Grove-75a
This specimen was lot 34734 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $432. The catalog description[1] noted, "Mexico: San Luis Potosi silver 'Los Héroes de la Patria' Medal 1828 MS64 PCGS. Finely detailed and bathed in frosty silver color, the fields evincing only the lightest signs of handling far from preventing that near-Gem level of certification. The few scratches that may at first appear to be on the coin are actually on the face of the holder, while the light silhouette of the dentils between the words MEXICO and LIBRE, and the corresponding place on the reverse, suggests some light double striking." We have made little attempt to include medals on this site but we have featured this one as it is the direct antecedent of the copper coinage of this state, in quarter reales and eighth reales.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 29 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Grove-75a.
- Bailey, Don, State & Federal Copper and Brass Coinage of Mexico, 1824-1872, Hemet, CA, 2008.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
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