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Auction: 23126 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 30: English and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 9508

Mexico, Sombrerete, AE Gilt Proclamation Medal, 1791, by Geronimo A. Gil, * D * D *CAROLI * IIII * OMNIA *VINCIT * AMOR *, draped bust right, rev. JURA * DE * SOMBRERETE * ANO * DE * 1791, view of a 'hat shaped' mountain, 42mm, 27.70g, some minor wear to the guilding at the peripheries, otherwise with pleasing proof-like fields, handsome very fine

Sombrerete is a town located in the north-western corner of the Mexican state Zacatecas. The nearby Sierra de Organos National Park is notable for the peculiarly shaped and metamorphic rock formations, such as the one in the shape of a hat represented on this medal.

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