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Peru, gold medal, 1925, Tacna-Arica dispute, plain edge, encapsulated NGC Almost Uncirculated (old h

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Peru, gold medal, 1925, Tacna-Arica dispute, plain edge, encapsulated NGC Almost Uncirculated (old h
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Peru, gold medal, 1925, Tacna-Arica dispute, plain edge, encapsulated NGC Almost Uncirculated (old holder), ex-Eliasberg (stated inside slab). 4.03 grams, 18mm. Obverse with Morro of Arica below RECUPERAD EL MORRO, A. B. LEGUIA [engraver], with 20 JULIO 1925 at bottom; reverse with JUNTA PATRIOTICA NACIONAL. Lustrous orange gold with minor marks but practically no wear. Issued by the National League of Patriots in the hope of a more favorable settlement of the Arica border dispute with Chile, a dispute that was settled in 1929. Desirable pedigree. Pedigreed to the Eliasberg Collection (ANR, April 2005, lot 3598) and the Col. James W. Flanagan Collection (Stack's, March 1944, lot 583).