QEII 2020 gold proof 1oz Bird Paradise PR70 Matte buried in truncation for engraver

buried in truncation for engraver William Wyon

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extremely fine and rare

Pietas standing left

silver 50-Cents

QEII 2020 gold proof 1oz Bird Paradise PR70 Matte buried in truncation for engraverPapua New Guinea, gold proof Matte 500 Kina, 2020, struck in 999. 9 fine gold, design engraved after Otto Schultz, elaborate bird of paradise perched on branch, head turned left, fan of tail feathers above, beaded border, rev. emblem of Papua New Guinea, date to sides, legend PAPUA NEW GUINEA above, denomination below, 31. 31g. A beautiful type, based on one of the most celebrated colonial designs of the 19th century, graded by PCGS as PR70.