CNG 100, Lot: 1107. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARGENTINA, Republic. 1816-present. AV Medal (38mm, 39.24 g, 12h). Continental Exposition in Buenos Aires – Grand Prize. Dated 1882. LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA (star) PRESIDENCIA DEL GENERTAL ROCA (star), coat-of-arms; below, banner inscribed GRAN PREMIO AL MÉRITO; GRANDE in exergue / EXPOSICION CONTINENTAL BUENOS AIRES 1882, skep with bees buzzing around; REALIZADA POR EL CLUB/INDUSTRIAL ARGENTINO/BAJO EL PATROCINIO DEL/GOBIERNO NACIONAL and floral ornament in five lines below. Cf. Annales da Bibliotheca Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, Volume XI (1883-1884), p. 1027, No. 226 (for similar example awarded to the Bibliotheca Nacional). Near EF, some hairlines, traces of luster.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Ponterio 150 (8 August 2009), lot 8448.