Owner Comments:
CYPRUS, ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS III GOLD PROOF FIVE POUNDS 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: 36mm
WEIGHT: 39.864g
FINENESS: 0.9166
MINTAGE:1,500
1966 MAKARIOS III, GOLD 5 POUNDS PF 65 CAMEO.
An altogether stunning representative of this issue of superb quality and gorgeous eye appeal.
Bright, distraction free GEM with soft frost over the design, resulting in evident contrast between the raised surfaces and flat fields.
With only 1,500 pieces coined, this wonderful proof is the single finest NGC-certified example of the entire Archbishop Makarios gold 5 pounds issue.