2. GEMs, HIGH END, & CONDITION RARITIES OF SOVEREIGNS AND HALF-SOVEREIGNS

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: CYPRUS
Item Description: 1/2SOV 1966 ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS FUND
Full Grade: NGC PF 66 CAMEO
Owner: TMS Coins

Owner Comments:

CYPRUS, ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS III GOLD PROOF HALF-SOVEREIGN 1966.

OBVERSE: The bust of the Archbishop facing left and wearing clerical heed-dress dignitary's veil.
REVERSE: Crowned Bicephalous (double-headed) eagle and the date 1966.
DESIGNER: B.Phalireas.
DIAMETER: 19mm
WEIGHT: 3.9865g
FINENESS: 0.9166
MINTAGE: 25,000

1966 MAKARIOS III, HALF-SOVEREIGN PF 66 CAMEO.

This superb GEM reveals impeccable detail up to the highest point, with soft frost over the design; this results in evident contrast between the raised surfaces and flat fields, elevating the eye-appealing nature of this beauty.
ex Heritage Auction #3022, lot 27139, 15 January 2013.




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