Auction Catalogue

13 July 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 1599 x

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13 July 2011

Hammer Price:
£280

Puerto Rico, The 63rd National Governors’ Conference, San Juan, 1971, a gold medal by the Franklin Mint, standing figure of Ponce de Leon, rev. segmented globe and legend, 32mm, 18ct, 15.10g. Mint state, integral suspension loop and ring; in case of issue £250-300

The obverse image is of the statue of Juan Ponce de Leon (1460-1521) in the Plaza San José. The statue was made in New York in 1882 from bronze salvaged from English cannons utilised in the attack on San Juan in 1792