Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia, Nouvelle France, Piedfort Pattern Peso, 1874, in silver, crowned arms, 27 stars around, rev. value un peso, palm wreath below, edge grained, 43.38g/6h (Bruce X11; cf. Guttag 2B). Extremely fine and very rare £600-800

Provenance: V.M. Brand Collection; Mrs Emery May Norweb Collection, Christie’s Auction (New York), 7 November 1985, lot 540