Two Gold Essais

Triton XIX, Lot: 2241. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BELGIUM. Léopold I. 1831-1865. AV Essai piéfort de 20 Centimes (15mm, 4.57 g, 5h). Bruxelles (Brussels) mint. Dated 1852. Bare head left / Crowned coat-of-arms. Cf. Morin 17 (for business strike); cf. Kaymeulen & Suetens 53 (same); cf. KM 19 (same). Proof, lustrous, minor scratch.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, December 1984.