Cyprus 1966 sovereign
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This specimen was lot 3365 in Goldberg sale 84 (Los Angeles, January 2015), where it sold for $494. The catalog description[1] noted, "Cyprus. 1 Sovereign, 1966. Archbishop Makarios III. One year type. NGC graded Proof 65." This unofficial issue of the Paris mint honored the archbishop. ruler of the island 1959-77. It is not mentioned in the regular SCWC but it is good gold and so readily trades. It is accompanied by a gold half sovereign (KM XM3). Cyprus, off the coast of Turkey, has been de facto partitioned between the Turkish north and the Greek center and south since the early 1970's.
Recorded mintage: 50,000 proofs.
Specification: 7.99 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM-#XM4.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 84: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2014.
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