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CNG 99, Lot: 1060. Estimate $400.
Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Guerra de Independencia. Sombrerete. Fernando VII. Prisoniero, 1808-1813. AR 8 Reales (39mm, 26.97 g, 12h). Struck under Fernándo Vargas. Dated 1811. R • CAXA • DE SOMBRETE, crowned coat-of-arms within a dotted circle; 8 and R outside of circle / •VARGAS • above, 1811 (date); to either side, a crowned S between columns, the one on the left with a horse’s head above the S; below date, 3. BW 68.1; Grove 2044; Elizondo 54 var. (dated 1812); ME 15848; KM 177. VF, toned. A reverse die was used for this issue instead of countermark punches.