Search


CNG Bidding Platform

Information

Products and Services



Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Triton XIX, Lot: 2611. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PARAGUAY, Republic. 1811-present. AV ‘Peso’ (37mm, 27.09 g, 6h). Dated 18[...]. Modern fantasy struck circa 1990 from dies stolen from the mint. Radiate star within wreath / Seated lion with liberty cap on pole. KM PnE37 (lacking the 50 Centavos undertype); Friedberg –. UNC. With NGC encapsulation ticket graded MS 65. Overstruck on an AV 50 Centavos pattern (cf. KM PnD37) itself overstruck on Peruvian 1863 Lima mint 8 escudos.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex New York Sale XX (7 January 2009), lot 921.