The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 22, May 30, 2004, Article 13

HELLO, DALI

  Steve Pellegrini writes: "As a brief follow-up on the Salvador
  Dali series of medals mentioned a few weeks ago. I saw this
  entire series offered (by the piece) on eBay not long ago.
  Although I never returned to the bid page to check on their
  final prices  they seemed to be staying with-in the under
  $50.00 range. Not bad for art medals by Dali.

  Even more reasonable is the beautiful little coin designed by
  Dali for El Salvador in 1971. Although listed in K-M as
  commemorating the 150 years of Salvadoran Independence
  it is in actual fact a design Dali created for the 'International
  Year of the Woman.' It was struck in both BU and Proof, in
  silver (KM#141) and gold (KM#143). The easiest way to
  get hold of an example of this little beauty is to pick up a
  1971 El Salvador Proof Set (KM#PS6). This contains the
  silver 1 Colon by Dali.. These sets used to sell for about
  $15-20 and were always readily available. I don't know if
  that's still the case. But I do know it is one of the most
  gorgeous coins of the modern era.  The gold 25 Colones
  has a relatively small mintage of only 7,650. These can be
  found in the much more expensive Proof Set KM#PS6
  which are catalogued in my 1996 K-M at $915.00."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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