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CICF Signature Sale 3032 Online Sessions 15-16 April 2014
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Salado & Tela ½ Real Token Septet, Jose Audignon of Salado issued a 21mm brass with "Vale ½ Real" plus his name and town on the other side; unlisted by Rulau, and the only example Dana traced, it is in nice VF quality. Rulau Atl-33 with sailboat motif for J. Hirigoyen of Salado Barra is represented by two examples, one without any countermark plus a second with deeply incused "CHK". Both circulated heavily before some ground burial. An apparently later variety with similar data and motif, on a slightly thicker flan and smaller at 21 mm, is obviously of better style. Dana labels it "a tidy VF". For specialists, note Rulau was incorrect on both diameters since the cruder style is 24mm (likely to be the actual size of the one shown as 25mm in his footnote). Salado is located near the coast east of La Ceiba toward Trujillo; by 1901 it was active in the banana trade. Accompanying the Salado quartet are a pair of similar Rulau Atl-40 Tela "1912" pieces, one obviously brass while the second is a bit darker but also brass in our opinion; both are VF. Seventh is another Tela piece, Atl -43 of J. W. Grace from La Esperanza with Honduras misabbreviated as "HUND"; albeit likely rare, it was buried and is unattractively etched. Tela is about half way between Puerto Cortez and La Ceiba. All seven brass pieces indicate ½ Real as their circulating value. From The Dana Roberts Collection and Study Group
Estimate: 400-800 USD
Salado & Tela ½ Real Token Septet, Jose Audignon of Salado issued a 21mm brass with "Vale ½ Real" plus his name and town on the other side; unlisted by Rulau, and the only example Dana traced, it is in nice VF quality. Rulau Atl-33 with sailboat motif for J. Hirigoyen of Salado Barra is represented by two examples, one without any countermark plus a second with deeply incused "CHK". Both circulated heavily before some ground burial. An apparently later variety with similar data and motif, on a slightly thicker flan and smaller at 21 mm, is obviously of better style. Dana labels it "a tidy VF". For specialists, note Rulau was incorrect on both diameters since the cruder style is 24mm (likely to be the actual size of the one shown as 25mm in his footnote). Salado is located near the coast east of La Ceiba toward Trujillo; by 1901 it was active in the banana trade. Accompanying the Salado quartet are a pair of similar Rulau Atl-40 Tela "1912" pieces, one obviously brass while the second is a bit darker but also brass in our opinion; both are VF. Seventh is another Tela piece, Atl -43 of J. W. Grace from La Esperanza with Honduras misabbreviated as "HUND"; albeit likely rare, it was buried and is unattractively etched. Tela is about half way between Puerto Cortez and La Ceiba. All seven brass pieces indicate ½ Real as their circulating value. From The Dana Roberts Collection and Study Group
Estimate: 400-800 USD