Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1349. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Republic (First). 1823-1863. AV Half Escudo. Culiacán mint; Clemente Espinosa de los Monteros, assayer. Dated 1848. Eagle standing facing on cactus, head and tail right, with wings displayed, holding serpent in beak and talon; plowed field below; all set on oak and olive branches / Hand, holding Liberty cap on staff, pointing left to open book inscribed LEY; in exergue, mintmark, date, and assayers’ initials. SCM 378. In NGC slab graded MS 63.