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Monthly Auction 241517 26 April 2015
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Republic Durango 8 Reales Pair 1856-57, Durango mint, KM377.4, DP-36, Do37. Lot of two coins, as follows:1856 Do-CP AU55 PCGS1857 Do-CP AU Details (Cleaned) PCGSThe former lustrous and well struck for the issue (DP notes "On a well struck specimen, the feathers on the eagle's breast appear to have been punched into the die by hand with a punch that resembles the spines on the cactus", indeed the case for this example) thus quite desirable for this very scarce date, the latter better detailed than most specimens seen. An eminently collectible pair.
Estimate: 200-300 USD
Republic Durango 8 Reales Pair 1856-57, Durango mint, KM377.4, DP-36, Do37. Lot of two coins, as follows:1856 Do-CP AU55 PCGS1857 Do-CP AU Details (Cleaned) PCGSThe former lustrous and well struck for the issue (DP notes "On a well struck specimen, the feathers on the eagle's breast appear to have been punched into the die by hand with a punch that resembles the spines on the cactus", indeed the case for this example) thus quite desirable for this very scarce date, the latter better detailed than most specimens seen. An eminently collectible pair.
Estimate: 200-300 USD