CNG 99, Lot: 1090. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Segunda República. 1867-1905. AR 8 Reales (38mm, 6h). Zacatecas mint; Fracisco de Zarate, assayer. Dated 1896 Zs FZ. REPUBLICA MEXICANA, eagle standing facing on cactus, wings spread, grasping snake in beak and right talon; all atop laurel and oak wreath / (star) 8R.Zs.1896.F.Z.10D^s.20 G^s., liberty cap inscribed Libertad; glory of rays in background. Dunigan & Parker Zs 82; BW 206.14; Grove 4618; Elizondo 926; KM 377.13. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 64.