New Zealand coins
Lot 673 SESSION 3 - 2.30PM Tuesday 29 July New Zealand coins
Estimate $10,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
GEORGE V, Royal Mint London, proof Waitangi crown, 1935. Toned, FDC and rare.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 91 (lot 798) and from the Allan Sutherland Collection. In Royal Mint card box (manufactured for the British 1935 specimen crown) as supplied to Sutherland, 'Proof NZ Crown, specially sent to me by Sir Robt. Johnson, Deputy Master, Royal Mint' in Sutherland's hand on front of box. Together with a copy of page 2 of a letter from Johnson sent with the coin. In the letter Johnson expresses his regret at being unable to supply Sutherland with a 'trial' piece but offering him this 'specimen' strike to 'allay your disappointment'. The 'trial' refers to the unauthorised version or 'pattern' Waitangi crown. Sutherland's hand written note in the letter's margin states 'I actually handled the unauthorised coin with Sir Robt'. Sutherland visited London and the Royal Mint in the early 1930s.
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