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Sold on 11 February 2015

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A Group of 20th Century Royal Mint Proof-Record Coins, ex Melbourne Mint Museum

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№ 352 x

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11 February 2015

Hammer Price:
£900

British Honduras, George V, Proof 10 Cents, 1936, edge grained, 12h (Prid. –; KM. 20; cf. Spink Australia 25, 1020; cf. Baldwin 69, 780 and 86, 868). Rim flaw on obverse at 2 o’clock, otherwise brilliant mint state, very rare £500-700

Provenance: Despatched from London to Melbourne, 1 May 1937; Noble Numismatics Auction 91 (Melbourne), 21-3 July 2009, lot 2002.

Slabbed in NGC holder, graded PF 65 Cameo. The mintage figure of 50 given by KM. is generally considered to be very optimistic