The Lissner Collection, Lot: 2066. Estimate $400. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERU, Republic. 1821-present. AV 1/2 Escudo (13mm, 1.66 g, 6h). Cuzco mint. Dated 1826 GM. KM 146.1; C 141.3. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 63. Very nice lightly patinated specimen. Quite scarce and only year this type was struck at the Cuzco mint. Only two graded higher in MS 64. Earliest gold coin of the Republic from Cuzco.