 Republic. 20 Colones, 1925. Mexico. Quadricentennial of San Salvador. Conjoined busts of Conquistador J. de Alvarado and President Quiñonez. Rv. Arms of the Republic. Fr. 5, KM 132. One of 200 struck at Mexico City. This pristine red-gold specimen was in the Clapp-Eliasberg holdings essentially since it was issued in the high flood-tide of Roaring Twenties prosperity in Central America. Gem Brilliant Uncirculated. (Est. $3,000-$4,000)
Ex Louis E. Eliasberg Collection (American Numismatic Rarities, April 2005, lot 1747); previously in the John H. Clapp Collection.
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