Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC
Treasure Auction 28 17-19 Nov 2020
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Paraguay (War of the Triple Alliance)
Paraguay (War of the Triple Alliance), 1 real, countermark "S" inside toothed oval (1865-70) on a wavy-edge 1/5 cut of a Bolivian Republic 4 soles of the mid-1800s, very rare, NGC VF 25, ex-Lingford, ex-Baldwin.Pratt-MR8; KM-unl.1.87 grams.Bold full countermark (meaning unknown) on a worn host with minimal visible details, sharply angled cuts, nice old toning (darker in crevices, good contrast). While a slightly different cut from the previous lot, it is clearly Paraguayan (curved) and not Brazilian (zigzagged), from an issue of necessity coinage struck during the war against the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. H.M. Lingford was a client of A.H. Baldwin in the 1930s and 1940s, who purchased most of his collection intact after his death by suicide in 1950.Pedigreed to the H.M. Lingford collection (stated on label), with original ticket from 1948 stating a pedigree of "AHB coll" (A.H. Baldwin).
Estimate: 500-1000 USD
Paraguay (War of the Triple Alliance), 1 real, countermark "S" inside toothed oval (1865-70) on a wavy-edge 1/5 cut of a Bolivian Republic 4 soles of the mid-1800s, very rare, NGC VF 25, ex-Lingford, ex-Baldwin.Pratt-MR8; KM-unl.1.87 grams.Bold full countermark (meaning unknown) on a worn host with minimal visible details, sharply angled cuts, nice old toning (darker in crevices, good contrast). While a slightly different cut from the previous lot, it is clearly Paraguayan (curved) and not Brazilian (zigzagged), from an issue of necessity coinage struck during the war against the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. H.M. Lingford was a client of A.H. Baldwin in the 1930s and 1940s, who purchased most of his collection intact after his death by suicide in 1950.Pedigreed to the H.M. Lingford collection (stated on label), with original ticket from 1948 stating a pedigree of "AHB coll" (A.H. Baldwin).
Estimate: 500-1000 USD