CNG 103, Lot: 1089. Estimate $500. Sold for $420. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Primera República. 1823-1863. AV Escudo (18mm, 3.49 g, 6h). Zacatecas mint. Dated 1860/59 Zs VL. REPUBLICA MEXICANA, Eagle standing facing on cactus, wings spread, grasping snake in beak and right talon; all atop laurel and oak wreath / LA LIBERTAD EN LA LEY, hand left, pointing to open book inscribed LEY and holding liberty cap on pole. BW 208.6; Grove 5195; KM 379.6. With NGC Photocertificate graded AU 55.

Ex Louis E. Eliasberg Collection (American Numismatic Rarities, 18 April 2005), lot 3334; Thomas W. Voetter Collection (B. Max Mehl, 26 January 1943), lot 110 (part of).