THE FRENCH DURANGO PATTERNS OF 1831-33
In the early 1830's the Durango mint contracted (illegally) with a source in Paris, presumably the Paris Mint itself, for the pruduction of dies and matrices for nine denominations in gold and silver. The patterns were all struck in white metal or gilt copper. Unusually, the designs were accepted for the regular coinage, and Durango used dies of this eccentric style into the late 1850's. See lot 420 above and the following six lots for pieces produced during this episode.
Pattern 2-Reales, Durango, 1832 RL, struck in white metal (KM.Pn.24; Buttrey p.254), extremely fine
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Pattern 2-Reales, Durango, 1832 RL, struck in white metal (KM.Pn.24; Buttrey p.254), extremely fine