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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 505

(g) The Dr Frank Becker Collection | South Africa, George V (1910-1935), First Coinage of South Africa Long Proof Set, 1923, Pretoria (10), Proof Gold Sovereign to Silver Threepence, Penny to Farthing (Hern P2, KM PS1), the gold lightly hairlined and with some hazinesses to the peripheries of devices, otherwise handsomely brilliant, the silver again lightly hairlined and toned to peripheries, the bronze with some irregular dark toning to darkened surfaces, a most pleasing extremely fine set, one of only 655 sets issued, thus rare, in original Royal South African Mint long box case of issue (10)

Provenance

The Dr Frank Becker Collection of World Coins

DNW Auction, 7 October 2007, lot 1091 - £1,000

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Sold for
£3,500

Starting price
£2700