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Auction: 25004 - British and World Coins and Medals
Lot: 339

(x) NGC PF68 ULTRA CAMEO | *Top Pop* | New Zealand, Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Pattern Proof One Dollar, 1982, in Silver, ELIZABETH II QUEEN OF NEW ZEALAND, bust right, wearing Queen Mary's Fringe Tiara, by James Berry, plain border, rev. Fantail bird sitting on a branch of Kaka Beak, ONE DOLLAR below, edge milled, 12h (cf. KM 51a/49a), pattern with the reverse of the 1980 'fantail' dollar, FDC and excessively rare, in NGC holder, graded PF68 ULTRA CAMEO *Top Pop* (Cert.#6906596-002)

https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6906596-002/68/



James Berry, OBE, is a distinguished coin designer best known for his work on the iconic 1935 Waitangi Crown. Over his career, he submitted numerous proposals for coinage designs, with the Royal Mint ultimately selecting a series of his reverse designs for New Zealand's first decimal coinage in 1967. While his standard effigy of Queen Elizabeth II was not adopted for the nation's circulating coinage, it was approved for use on New Zealand's Dollar coins from 1979 to 1982.



This exceptionally rare pattern, struck by the Royal Mint, features an experimental effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Berry that was never adopted for production, with Arnold Machin's effigy replacing it in 1983.



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Sold for
£1,600

Starting price
£1000