CNG 100, Lot: 1156. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERU, Republic. 1822-present. AV Medal (12mm, 16.27 g, 6h). Inauguration of the Huari-Jauja Rail Line. Dated 28 July 1908. INAUGURACION DEL FERRO-CARRIL/DE HUARI Á JAUJA, steam engine under power left; 28 DE JULIO/DE 1908 in two lines in exergue / SIENDO PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA SR. R. A. MATHIAS, EL EXMO. SEÑOR/JOSÉ PARDO/MINISTRO DE FOMENTO SR. DR./DELFIN VIDALON/SR. W.L. MORKILL/REP. PERUVIAN/CORPORATION/INGENIERO EN JEFE SR./A. J. NORRIS/INGENIERO DE CONSTRUCTION in ten lines. See R. Lévesque, Railways of Peru (Gatineau, 2008) II:32 (for another medal on this rail lne). Ex PCGS encapsulation graded Genuine, Filed Rims – UNC Details. Toned. Evidence of prior mounting in a bezel.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex J. Saxby Willis Collection (Stacks Bowers & Ponterio 181, 8 November 2013), lot 21300; Carlos Zapata Collection.

Reportedly one of two known.