Lot 316
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Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Julius Popper, private territorial issue, 1 Gramo, 1889, POPPER across field, rev., EL PARAMO, crossed pick-axe and sledge-hammer, weight and fineness below (F2; KM Tn1), small test mark in field of reverse, toned, extremely fine, clean die issue from Buenos Aires
A PRE-WAR COLLECTION OF FOREIGN GOLD COINS FEATURING A GOOD SELECTION OF COINS FROM SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Julius Popper, private territorial issue, 1 Gramo, 1889, POPPER across field, rev., EL PARAMO, crossed pick-axe and sledge-hammer, weight and fineness below (F2; KM Tn1), small test mark in field of reverse, toned, extremely fine, clean die issue from Buenos Aires

Details
Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Julius Popper, private territorial issue, 1 Gramo, 1889, POPPER across field, rev., EL PARAMO, crossed pick-axe and sledge-hammer, weight and fineness below (F2; KM Tn1), small test mark in field of reverse, toned, extremely fine, clean die issue from Buenos Aires
Further details
Julius Popper was a Jewish adventurer who established a mining operation on the archipelago. He was quite vehement in carrying out his perceived duties and protecting his mining rights. He summarily executed anyone who he thought was encroaching on land.