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CICF Signature Sale 3032 10-12 April 2014
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Tierra del Fuego. Popper gold Token 5 Gramos 1889, Buenos Aires mint, KM-Tn6, MS64 NGC. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated and well struck as usual, a most attractive specimen of this rare issue. While not as charming or rare as the crude local issues struck at Tierra del Fuego (see Morton and Eden 3/2013, lot 2 for a nice specimen of the crude 1 Gramo, ex Huntington), the issues struck at Buenos Aires by adventurer Julius Popper are naturally of much better workmanship, and as such, are heavily sought when in high grade. Of the two denominations, the 5 Gramos is by far the scarcest, and rare in its own right. The present specimen is among the finest seen in the past years.
Estimate: 7000-10000 USD
Tierra del Fuego. Popper gold Token 5 Gramos 1889, Buenos Aires mint, KM-Tn6, MS64 NGC. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated and well struck as usual, a most attractive specimen of this rare issue. While not as charming or rare as the crude local issues struck at Tierra del Fuego (see Morton and Eden 3/2013, lot 2 for a nice specimen of the crude 1 Gramo, ex Huntington), the issues struck at Buenos Aires by adventurer Julius Popper are naturally of much better workmanship, and as such, are heavily sought when in high grade. Of the two denominations, the 5 Gramos is by far the scarcest, and rare in its own right. The present specimen is among the finest seen in the past years.
Estimate: 7000-10000 USD