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January 2022 NYINC Auction 14-16 Jan 2022
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MEXICO. Charles III/Royal Academy of Spanish & Common Law Bronze Proclamation Medal, 1778. PCGS MS-64.
Grove-K-75b. Obverse: Armored and garlanded bust right, wearing Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece; Reverse: Rocky outcropping surmounted by a table surrounded by figures studying books; three lines in exergue below. A wonderful medal struck to commemorate the Royal Academy of Spanish and Common Law, this beauty offers near-Gem quality with a reddish-brown patina and unhandled surfaces. Many of these medals, along with the dies, were captured by a British privateer ship who returned them to London where they were resold in 1779. The colonial authorities created new dies to restrike this type which were close, but not quite the same, as the same as the originals. The unique story and highly beautiful nature of this made makes it certain to please the ever growing number of collectors of proclamation medals.
Grove-K-75b. Obverse: Armored and garlanded bust right, wearing Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece; Reverse: Rocky outcropping surmounted by a table surrounded by figures studying books; three lines in exergue below. A wonderful medal struck to commemorate the Royal Academy of Spanish and Common Law, this beauty offers near-Gem quality with a reddish-brown patina and unhandled surfaces. Many of these medals, along with the dies, were captured by a British privateer ship who returned them to London where they were resold in 1779. The colonial authorities created new dies to restrike this type which were close, but not quite the same, as the same as the originals. The unique story and highly beautiful nature of this made makes it certain to please the ever growing number of collectors of proclamation medals.
Estimate: $1000 - $1500