Patterns & Proofs
Lot 1485 Session 5 (7.30pm Wednesday) Patterns & Proofs
Estimate $18,000
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SOLD $33,500
ELIZABETH II, Melbourne Mint specimen set, 1953, consisting of florin, shilling, sixpence, threepence and penny. Full original mint bloom, the penny with multi-coloured tone, all well struck up FDC and extemely rare. (5)
The Chase-Manhattan Bank received several such sets for their Money Museum in 1953.
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