San Salvador, El Salvador, 1 real, 1835, "POR LA LBERTAD DEL SAL" and waves below pillar, encapsulated NGC XF 40, ex-Richard Stuart. KM-18.8. Full strike except for very centers (natural stress fissures), with good luster and very little in the way of marks or actual wear (0.7 fine), in fact more like AU 55 to us and surely among the finest known but incorrectly ascribed in NGC census as "POR LIBERTAD DEL SAL," lacking the word "LA," which is present on this coin. NGC #3072743-010. Pedigreed to the Richard Stuart collection.
($350-500)