Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
Collector's Choice June 2021 Auction 22-25 Jun 2021
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MEXICO. Schooling Award Bronze Medal, ND (ca. 1865). NGC MS-64 Red Brown.
Grove-S-5b; AJN-XIV.1 (1879), p. 16. By Vivier. Obverse: A LA APLICACION PREMIO DE HONOR, cherub seated slightly right among the clouds, holding open book; Reverse: LA / AUTORIDAD / POLITICA / DE / MEXICO in five lines within wreath. Quite brilliant and shimmering, with a good deal of luster radiating from the protected areas.
Grove-S-5b; AJN-XIV.1 (1879), p. 16. By Vivier. Obverse: A LA APLICACION PREMIO DE HONOR, cherub seated slightly right among the clouds, holding open book; Reverse: LA / AUTORIDAD / POLITICA / DE / MEXICO in five lines within wreath. Quite brilliant and shimmering, with a good deal of luster radiating from the protected areas.
The American Journal of Numismatics references this type as "...belonging to the Maximilian period, designed for distribution in the government schools."
Estimate: $150.00- $250.00