Turks and Caicos Islands 1982 10 crowns
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This specimen was lot 33689 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $456. The catalog description[1] noted, "British Colony. Elizabeth II silver Proof Piefort "Year of the Child" 10 Crowns 1982-CHI PR69 Ultra Cameo NGC, Valcambi mint. From a mintage of just 400 pieces, a near flawless representative with blazing white surfaces and a deeply frosted portrait of Elizabeth." Several other coins of this denomination were issued in 1982. Very little circulation coinage exists for these islands southeast of the Bahamas.
Recorded mintage: 7,928 proofs plus 400 pieforts.
Specification: 28.28 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 55 (regular issue), KM-P2 (piefort).
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019
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