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Quito, Ecuador, gold-plated silver(?) 1/5 libra token, 1899.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Medals & Tokens Start Price:20.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 75.00 USD
Quito, Ecuador, gold-plated silver(?) 1/5 libra token, 1899.
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Quito, Ecuador, gold-plated silver(?) 1/5 libra token, 1899. 0.9 gram. A strange little piece with somewhat comical portrait of Sucre on obverse and coat-of-arms on reverse with legend reading G1.600 1/5 DE LIBRA 0.900 M.N. QUITO, possibly a pattern, curiously pre-dating the 20th-century Peruvian 1/5 Libra of the stated weight but clearly not 1.6 grams of 0.900 gold, toned XF or so, possibly rare, but with no comparable sales except the Smith & Daughter auction of September 25, 1996, where it was estimated at $50-$100.