Watch List notes:

PHILIPPINES, Spanish Colonial. Alfonso XIII. 1886-1898. AR Peso (37mm, 25.01 g, 6h). Madrid mint. Arturo Sandoval, Antonio García González, and Remigo Vega Vega, assayers. Dated 1897 S GV. Basso 59; KM 154. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 65 WINGS APPROVED. Light toning over fully prooflike surfaces. The finest Philippine Peso of this date this cataloger has ever seen.


Purchased from M. Louis Teller, February 1982.