Obverse:
Armored bust of Charles III right
Reverse:
Tribunal of four figures (allegorical figures of fortitude, temperance, prudence and justice) around table on raised dais with three other figures below
| UPC | MHC0464a |
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| Price | €1,975.00 |
| Kwaliteit | FDC with beautiful patine |
| Diameter | 58 mm |
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| Gewicht | 120 g |
| Jaar | 1778 |
| Land | Mexico |
| Materiaal | Silver |
| Medailleur | G.A. Gil |
| Oplage | 154 |
| Stad | Mexico |
| Zeldzaamheid | Very rare |
| Achtergrond | The Mexico City mint mark is visible at 8 o'clock on the reverse on a rock. The designer of this medal Geronimo Antonio Gil, was engraver at the Mexico city mint and a founding director of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos (Royal medalists Academy). Two varieties of this medal exist, the first with the obverse die signed G. A. GIL·, the second simply GIL. The medal offered here is the first and rarer of the two medals, of which only 154 pieces were struck before the obverse die broke and was replace with the die signed GIL |
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