CNG 100, Lot: 1197. Estimate $1000. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Games of the XIX Olympiad, Mexico City. 1968. AV Medal (40mm, 41.81 g, 12h). Commemorative issue by Lions International. Arms of the Games of the XIX Olympiad within Aztec-stye frame / “OFRECEMOS Y DESEAMOS/AMISTAD CON TODOS LOS/PUEBLOS DE LA TERRA”/C. Lic. Gustavo Diaz Ordaz,/Presidente Constitucional de los/Estados Unidos Mexicanos in six lines; Lions International emblem to left. Cf. http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=162142 (for a similar example). Choice EF, matte surfaces.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A Adams, purchased from Ingrid O’Neil, 16 February 2009.