Aust. Commonwealth - Patterns & Proofs
Lot 1523 Session 5 (7.30pm Tuesday) Aust. Commonwealth - Patterns & Proofs
Estimate $50,000
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ELIZABETH II, Royal Mint London, proof twenty cents, 1966. FDC and excessively rare, the only specimen known in private hands.
Sold with Royal Australian Mint letter of authenticity, signed R.Gardiner, 19 November 1990 which mentions this coin, matches that held in the Mint Museum in Canberra. Included in the lot is a Canberra Mint proof for comparison, showing two eyelashes instead of one on the London die.
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