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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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№ 414 x

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11 February 2015

Hammer Price:
£620

Muscat and Oman, Sa’id ibn Taimur, Proof 3 Baisa, 1378h [1958], edge plain, 12h (KM. 30; cf. Spink Australia 25, 1158). FDC, extremely rare; only two others traced by the cataloguer in commerce £400-600

Provenance: Noble Numismatics Auction 91 (Melbourne), 21-3 July 2009, lot 2322 (part).

Slabbed in NGC holder, graded PF 67 RB. The business strikes of this issue were made for use in Dhofar province