CNG 100, Lot: 562. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARGENTINA, Provincial Coinage. Tierra del Fuego. AV Gramo (14mm, 1.03 g, 6h). Issued by Julius Popper, Buenos Aires. Dated 1889. Crossed pick and sledgehammer over granular circle / POPPER across field; granular semi-circle above and below. KM Tn5; Friedberg 2 (Tierra del Fuego). EF, lustrous.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Superior, 1994.