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CNG 99, Lot: 1064. Estimate $500.
Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Guerra de Independencia. Moneda Provisional de Zacatecas. Fernando VII. Prisoniero, 1808-1813. AR 8 Reales (39mm, 27.44 g, 2h). L.V.O. issue. Dated 1811. • FERDIN • VII • DEI • GRATIA [•] around, 18[11] (date) below, crowned coat-of-arms flanked by columns wrapped in ribbons inscribed PLUS and VLTRA / MONEDA PROVIS[ION]AL DE ZACATECAS •, mountains of La Bufa and El Grillo at Zacatecas within a circular border of pellets, cross on the far mountain; below, L.V.O. and a semicircle of rosettes ending with a ball on each end. BW 73.2; Grove 2071; Elizondo 59; ME 15854; KM 190. Good VF, toned, areas of weak strike including date, numerous small marks and scratches as usual. A better than normal strike on the center of the reverse, as usually the mountains are barely visible.