CNG 100, Lot: 1197. Estimate $1000. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Games of the XIX Olympiad, Mexico City. 1968. AV Medal (40mm, 41.81 g, 12h). Commemorative issue by Lions International. Arms of the Games of the XIX Olympiad within Aztec-stye frame / “OFRECEMOS Y DESEAMOS/AMISTAD CON TODOS LOS/PUEBLOS DE LA TERRA”/C. Lic. Gustavo Diaz Ordaz,/Presidente Constitucional de los/Estados Unidos Mexicanos in six lines; Lions International emblem to left. Cf. http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=162142 (for a similar example). Choice EF, matte surfaces.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A Adams, purchased from Ingrid O’Neil, 16 February 2009.