Lot 1143
Mexico -- Guerrero. Revolutionary Period. 2 Pesos, 1915-GRO (Suriana). WR-R5; Eliz-MX 199; KM-665; GB-220. 24.30 grams. Zapata Issues. Suriana "DOBE" Dollar. Eagle atop cactus, seizing snake. Reverse: Sunface over smoking volcano; SURIANA below. Plain edge. An unusually good, even strike for series. Quite clean and lustrous, with appealing violet-dominant toning over warmer apricot-tinted grays in the recesses. Exremely Rare and desirable! NGC graded AU-55.
A classic rarity of the Revolutionary series. Of the "plain edge" varieties, only two specimens are known: this coin, along with an example in the Banco de Mexico collection. Normally a crude issue, these two are considered to be specimen or presentation strikes. Considering the flans and their fabric, and production technique evident in these two, their quality is far above the norm in the series. Being well and fully struck on thicker, well laminated planchets, with collars being utilized in their production, the resulting quality well exceeds even the best of the reeded edge issues. The above coin has long been considered the finest of the two plain edge strikes, and thus by far the finest Suriana "Dobe" Dollar known.
Estimated Value $30,000 - 35,000.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Collection, Superior A.N.A. Sale, 1975, lot 3323; Illustrated in Money of the World, coin 178.
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