Holiday Treasures Auction- December 2019

Three Mexican commemorative medals: The first is an 1882 Mask with laurel wreath over a trumpet, a sword, and other devices. Reverse commemorates the

1881 G. Gil and F. Mangino conjoined busts. Engraved by C. Ocampo. Centennial of the founding of the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. Bronze, 56m

Three medals struck in silver commemorating the El Buen Tono Tobacco Company: First is a c1890s medal issued by the El Buen Tono tobacco company, the

1893 Bust of Miguel Hidalgo, the father of Mexican Independence. Bronze, 49mm AU/Unc. State: Mexico City: Date: 1893

Two silver medals, c1897 issued by the El Buen Tono tobacco company. The reverse shows the hero of peace, Mexican President Diaz on horseback who atte

1906 Medal commemorating the centennial of the birth of Benito Juarez. Engraved by Ocampo. Bronze, 51.6mm AU. State: Mexico City: Date: 1906

US president William Howard Taft and Mexican president Porfirio Díaz met together in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez on October 16, 1909, the fi...

1910 Centennial of Mexico, high-relief commemorative medals. Bears and image of Hidalgo crowned by an angel on the obverse, and the insurgents advanci

1910 Celebration of the centennial of the independence of the French colony, Puebla, Mexico. Obverse shows Freedom looking out to sea. Bronze, 36mm VF

Set of five Mexico Independence medals: 1910 Facing portrait of Hidalgo, reverse celebrates the centenary of Mexican Independence, signed by Whitehead