Brazil
Medals Sextet, Lot of six medals, as follows:- Meili II-377. Silver, Very Fine, edge bumps. Struck in 1874 to commemorate the telegraph connecting Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. - KP-26-6P. Silver, About Uncirculated. Struck on august 5, 1890 by the Police Officers of the State of Rio de Janeiro in honor of Generalissimo Manoel Deodoro da Fonseca. -cf KP page 76. Silver, Uncirculated. Struck to commemorate the birth centenary of Manoel Deodoro da Fonseca. - About Unicrculated, noticeable handling marks and a small planchet flaw on the reverse. A commemorative silver medalet for the Sociedad Portugueza de Beneficiencia Bage (founded in 1870).- VC-79, Meili-201. Copper, Extremely Fine. Struck in 1874 by the Music professors of Rio de Janeiro in honor of E. F. Dengremont (Eugenio Mauricio Dengremont, a Brazilian violinist of French origin).- VC-83. Copper, Extremely Fine, small old collector's number "162" in ink on obverse. Struck by the Brazilian citizens living in the United States in honor of E. M. Dengremont. The second rare, with reportedly only three pieces struck and the first seen by the cataloguer, the others scarce.
Estimate: 600-800 USD