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World Lots: 6-Piece Certified Royal Mint Presentation Set of 1924-1925 Coinage NGC, ... (Total: 6 coins)
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6-Piece Certified Royal Mint Presentation Set of 1924-1925 Coinage NGC,1) Latvia: Republic Lats 1924 - MS65, KM7
2) Latvia: Republic 2 Lati 1925 - MS65?, KM8
3) Poland: Republic Specimen Zloty 1925 - SP63, KM-Y15, Parchimowicz-P124d
4) Poland: Republic 2 Zlote 1925 - MS64, KM-Y16
5) Russia: USSR 5 Kopecks 1924 - MS64 Red and Brown, KM-Y79. Plain edge.
6) Russia: USSR 50 Kopecks 1924-TP - MS63, KM-Y89.1
An intriguing and by all indications very rare presentation set, supposedly produced by the Royal Mint in London as Proofs of Record--despite the coins in general showing an even lustrous appearance--as suggested by the inside of the case that accompanies the lot, which is inscribed in three sections: "The Royal Mint London - Becos Traders Ltd. - Russian Latvian Polish Coinage 1925." Records suggest that it was the practice of the Royal Mint to strike a small quantity (around 5 to 10) of Proof of Record strikes of each foreign coin it produced for internal purposes, a pair of each type often then being sent to branch mints in Australia, South Africa, and Canada. Though the USSR was clearly not a client of Britain, the Trade Delegation of the USSR to the UK indicates that Becos Traders were the first British company to make a serious effort to increase UK-Soviet trade. The Melbourne mint is said to have sold one example of each type in their collection in the 90s, while Pretoria sold all of their collection privately, leaving up to 3 examples of each different Proof of Record produced by the Royal Mint on the market.
Perhaps one of the most interesting coins in the set is the 1925 Polish Zloty, a type previously known from only one example, stemming from the Karolkiewicz and Belzberg collections, and which was first published by Pachimowicz in 2010.
Metal: Silver
Aggregate ASW: 0.1342oz
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2021 January 21 - 22 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Platinum & Signature Auction - Dallas #3089 (go to Auction Home page)
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