Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1959. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO. Republic (Second). 1867-present. AV 8 Escudos (26.99 g, 6h). Guanajuato mint; Ydelfonso Flores, assayer. Dated 1868. REPUBLICA MEXICANA•, Mexican eagle with serpent on cactus / LIBERTAD EN AL LEY, hand holding Liberty cap above book; 8E•Go•1868•Y•F•21Qs• below. KM 383.7; Friedberg 72. Superb EF, virtually as struck. ($500)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.