Papua New Guinea
Lot 734 Papua New Guinea
Estimate $9,000
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SOLD $10,100
TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA, George VI, Royal Mint pattern threepence 1937, in cupro-nickel (1.38 grams) edge plain. Nearly FDC and excessively rare, only two others known both in the Royal Mint Collection.
Ex Spink Noble Sale 34 (lot 1259) and previously in the AHF Baldwin Collection and probably obtained from Sir Robert Johnson, Deputy Master of the Mint.
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Lot 732
TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA, George V, proof-like halfpenny, in cupro-nickel 1929. One carbon spot otherwise ...
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Lot 733
TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA, George VI, Royal Mint pattern sixpence, 1937, in cupro-nickel (2.72 grams) ...
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Lot 734 This lot
TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA, George VI, Royal Mint pattern threepence 1937, in cupro-nickel (1.38 ...
Estimate $9,000
Lot 735
TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA, George VI, Royal Mint pattern or trial shilling, obverse only, undated ...
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Lot 736
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