CNG 99, Lot: 1077. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Primera República. 1823-1863. AR 8 Reales (39mm, 27.01 g, 6h). Guadalupe y Calvo mint; Manuel Onofre Parodi, assayer. Dated 1844 GC MP. REPUBLICA MEXICANA, eagle standing facing on cactus, wings spread, grasping snake in beak and right talon; all atop laurel and oak wreath / (star) 8R.GC.1846.M.P.10D^s.20 G^s., liberty cap inscribed Libertad; glory of rays in background. Dunigan & Parker GC03, second die style, normal eagle; BW 206.8; Grove 3224; Elizondo 579; KM 377.7. AU, toned. Rare mint.