256, Lot: 540. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRAZIL, Second Republic. 1946-1964. AR Medal (41mm, 27.04 g, 12h). Commemorating Alberto Santos-Dumont and the 50th Anniversary of the First Flight of a Heavier-Than-Air-Machine in Europe. Dated (19)56. Circular countermark with fish right inscribed SANTOS; above, SANPEX IIIA and 9 a 16; below, SET. 56 and ANO SANTOS DUMONT / Circular countermark with ship under sail right on water; IV CONGRESO BRASILIERO DE TURISMO around; below, XVII ANIV./DO/C.F.N.S. in three lines; all on Rio de Janiero mint AR 960 Reis of João VI (1818-1822, KM 326.1). Cf. Heritage 3002, lot 23012 (for countermark). Countermark UNC, host coin EF, lightly toned. Rare.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.