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This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2009 Apr 09 @ 12:00UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Ornate rose-gold (14K) medallion of the Virgen de la Guadalupe, dated 1805. 5.5 grams, approx. 1¼" 7/8". A perfectly preserved and important gold medallion with the image of the Virgen de la Guadalupe (Mexico's highly revered 16th-century version of the Virgin Mary) on the front with N.S.D GUADALUPE DE MEXICO.A.1805 in the legend, the back smooth and flat and more coppery in color, the loop at top intact, with high relief but slightly worn, the date probably not when the medallion was made but referring to the date when the official Mass for Guadalupe was sanctioned by the Catholic church. Also noteworthy is the fact that the military Order of S.M. de Guadalupe was instituted by Mexican Emperor Iturbide in 1821, just prior to when this medallion was supposedly lost. The accompanying letter from a 96-year-old Miami woman states that she received the medallion from her father, whose own father salvaged it from a wreck in the Keys that he called "possibly Alligator" (in reference to the Alligator wreck of 1822). Recovered from: Unidentified wreck sunk in the early 1800s in the Florida Keys. With 2008 letter in Spanish from an elderly lady whose grandfather found the piece presumably in mid- to late 1800s.
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P.O Box 1964, Winter Park, Florida, 32790, United States
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Starting around March 1, 2009
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| Tax | Rate | Desc. |
| FST6 |
6% |
Florida Sales Tax |
| FSTH |
6.5% |
Florida Sales Tax |
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7% |
Florida Sales Tax |
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| From (Incl.) | To (Excl.) | Premium |
| 0.00 |
Infinite |
19% |
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