Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1352. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Republic (Second). 1867-present. AV Escudo. Mexico City mint; CH, assayer. Dated 1869. 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 379.5. In NGC slab graded MS 62.

Ex Louis E. Eliasberg Collection (American Numismatic Rarities, 18 April 2005), lot 3364; acquired in 1942 from John H. Clapp Estate.