Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens and Commemorative Medals

Paraguay, Republic, Proof set, 1953, comprising 50, 25, 15 and 10 Centimos, all edges plain, 12h (KM. PS 1; cf. Spink Australia 25, 1179; cf. Baldwin NY 5, 467; cf. Goldberg 48, 2822; cf. Baldwin 68, 4301; cf. Ponterio 163, 23626) [4]. Spot on reverse of 15 Centimos, otherwise brilliant mint state, very rare £700-900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Group of 20th Century Royal Mint Proof-Record Coins, ex Melbourne Mint Museum.

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Provenance: Noble Numismatics Auction 91 (Melbourne), 21-3 July 2009, lot 2341.

Slabbed in NGC holders, graded PF 64, PF 65, PF 65 and PF 66 respectively. The KM. mintage figure, quoted erroneously for a number of years in successive editions as 1, should be ignored; the correct figure is probably c. 20