Equatorial Guinea, gold proof 1 ekuele, 1982, visit by Pope John Paul II, NGC PF 69 Ultra Cameo ("top pop"). KM-unl; Fr-20. A very scarce 2-oz gold commemorative of the visit of Pope John Paul II to Equatorial Guinea on February 18, 1982, the fields very deeply mirrored and the details frosty and totally devoid of any marks, one of three at this top grade in the current NGC census. Pedigreed to the Heritage auction of April 2016, lot 29829.
($3000-4500)