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Treasure Auction 31  4-6 May 2022
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Lot 996

Starting price: 1000 USD
Price realized: 1600 USD
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Haiti, countermarked uniface copper 1 gourde, (ca. 1889), General Hippolyte, rare, NGC MS 62 BN. KM-51; Guttag-2246A; Rudman-322. Traces of original color and luster under purplish toning, the incuse countermark B.P. 1G / GL. H (for Bon Pour 1 Gourde / General Hippolyte) rather deep and sharp, rare low-mintage issue of just 100 pieces using the obverse of an 1889 2-decime coin of President Legitime, whose name would have appeared on the reverse, the uniface host being a symbol of his overthrow by Hippolyte. NGC #4825042-001.
($1250-2000)
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