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ANA Signature Sale 3075 15 Aug 2019
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Victoria Specimen Pattern "Reeded Edge" 20 Cents 1871 SP65 PCGS, London mint, KM-Unl., DC-50. Reeded edge variety. This great Canadian rarity displays rose-gold and cobalt-blue toning with an impeccable strike. Specimens of this year were struck with both Plain Edge and Reeded Edge, both types exceedingly scarce. This particular coin was purchased by the London coin dealer, B.A. Seaby, in 1960, along with the 1911 Dollar, from the family of Sir William Grey Ellison-MacCartney, a past Canadian Mint Master. It subsequently sold as part of the Belzberg Collection in 2003, after which it has remained in the same collection until now. The offering exists as one of only approximately 10 known examples, and to our knowledge ranks as the second-finest specimen of these, rendering it rare both in absolute and conditional terms, and yet another masterpiece of this collection.
Ex. Belzberg Collection
From the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage
https://coins.ha.com/itm/canada/canada-victoria-specimen-pattern-reeded-edge-20-cents-1871-sp65-pcgs-/a/3075-32108.s?type=CoinArchives3075
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 15000-20000 USD
Victoria Specimen Pattern "Reeded Edge" 20 Cents 1871 SP65 PCGS, London mint, KM-Unl., DC-50. Reeded edge variety. This great Canadian rarity displays rose-gold and cobalt-blue toning with an impeccable strike. Specimens of this year were struck with both Plain Edge and Reeded Edge, both types exceedingly scarce. This particular coin was purchased by the London coin dealer, B.A. Seaby, in 1960, along with the 1911 Dollar, from the family of Sir William Grey Ellison-MacCartney, a past Canadian Mint Master. It subsequently sold as part of the Belzberg Collection in 2003, after which it has remained in the same collection until now. The offering exists as one of only approximately 10 known examples, and to our knowledge ranks as the second-finest specimen of these, rendering it rare both in absolute and conditional terms, and yet another masterpiece of this collection.
Ex. Belzberg Collection
From the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage
https://coins.ha.com/itm/canada/canada-victoria-specimen-pattern-reeded-edge-20-cents-1871-sp65-pcgs-/a/3075-32108.s?type=CoinArchives3075
HID02906262019
© 2019 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 15000-20000 USD