{"product_id":"1889-gold-grama-tierra-del-fuego-ngc-ms62-copy","title":"1889 Gold Grama Tierra del Fuego NGC MS62","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 1889 Tierra del Fuego Gold Gramo (“Grama”), Large Letters Variety, graded NGC MS62, is one of the most enigmatic and collectible Latin American gold tokens ever produced. Issued by Julius Popper, an engineer, explorer, and quasi-sovereign figure in the remote goldfields of Tierra del Fuego, this gold piece was minted as part of a private currency system used by Popper's mining enterprise and expedition team during the Patagonian gold rush.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObverse\u003c\/strong\u003e: Displays a globe motif with the inscription:\u003cbr\u003e“EL PARAMO \/ UN GRAMO” — The Wasteland \/ One Gram\u003cbr\u003eThe central globe contains a pickaxe and shovel crossed over rays, symbolic of gold mining labor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReverse\u003c\/strong\u003e: Features the same globe device with a horizontal band inscribed “Popper”, and encircling legend:\u003cbr\u003e“TIERRA DEL FUEGO \/ 1889”, referencing the remote southern Argentine territory and year of issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStruck in nearly pure gold to a weight of 1 gram, this token was part of a functional yet symbolic monetary system used to pay workers and cement Popper’s authority in the region. The Large Letters variety on both sides is rarer than the standard type and is visually bolder, with sharply impressed legends more legible in circulated examples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGraded NGC MS62, this example displays full detail and bright surfaces with minimal contact marks — extraordinary for such a small, fragile, privately minted token. The grade places it in the upper tier of known survivors.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIZE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67734270148778,"sku":"4537342-004","price":7607.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1602\/9059\/files\/77_24a901c3-1111-447b-a139-0e0a8c3798a2.jpg?v=1747342595","url":"https:\/\/bmcham.com\/products\/1889-gold-grama-tierra-del-fuego-ngc-ms62-copy","provider":"Hard Asset Management, Inc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}