CNG 99, Lot: 1076. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Primera República. 1823-1863. AR 8 Reales (38mm, 27.25 g, 6h). Guanajuato mint; Patrick Murphy, assayer. Dated 1843 Go PM. REPUBLICA MEXICANA, eagle standing facing on cactus, wings spread, grasping snake in beak and right talon; all atop laurel and oak wreath / (star) 8R.Go.1843.P.M.10D^s.20 G^s., liberty cap inscribed Libertad; glory of rays in background. Dunigan & Parker Go26, later die style; BW 206.5; Grove 3554; Elizondo 517; KM 377.8. UNC.