102159 | ARGENTINA. Buenos Aires. Puerto de la Plata bronze Medal.

102159  |  ARGENTINA. Buenos Aires. Inauguration of the Puerto de la Plata bronze Medal. Issued 1890 (56mm, 94.77 g, 12h). By Podesta.

 

INAUGURACION DEL PUERTO / LA PLATA, pastoral scene of the port, with cattle grazing in foreground, two ships upon the river, and rising sun in background / LA PROVINCIA / DE / BUENOS AIRES / LO INICIA / EL 8 DE DICIEMBRE DE / 1883 / Y LO LIBRA AL COMERCIO / DEL MUNDO / EL 30 DE MARZO DE / 1890 in ten lines; all within wreath. Edge: Plain.

 

Choice Mint State. Rich glossy brown surfaces, with a somewhat deeper nature around the devices. A great sunface type that is seemingly never encountered this attractive, enticing, and problem-free; as such, fairly rare and provocative.

 

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