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January 2022 NYINC Auction 14-16 Jan 2022
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MEXICO. Charles IV/Guanajuato Miners Silver Proclamation Medal, 1790. Mexico City Mint. NGC MS-62.
Grove-C-75. By G. A. Gil. Diameter: 47mm. Obverse: Garlanded and uniformed bust right, wearing Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece; Reverse: Subterranean mining scene, featuring three shafts with miners at work with picks. Sporting a deep and alluring cabinet tone, this ambitious medal, fairly SCARCE in silver, displays an engaging reverse that presents a corollary to similar German mining medals of the era. An extremely well rendered scene showing the extraction of metals vital to coining.
Ex: Dresden Collection of Hispanic and Brazilian Proclamation Medals.
Estimate: $800 - $1200
Grove-C-75. By G. A. Gil. Diameter: 47mm. Obverse: Garlanded and uniformed bust right, wearing Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece; Reverse: Subterranean mining scene, featuring three shafts with miners at work with picks. Sporting a deep and alluring cabinet tone, this ambitious medal, fairly SCARCE in silver, displays an engaging reverse that presents a corollary to similar German mining medals of the era. An extremely well rendered scene showing the extraction of metals vital to coining.
Ex: Dresden Collection of Hispanic and Brazilian Proclamation Medals.
Estimate: $800 - $1200