After decades of searching...

flykite · April 25, 2013 1:39AM

I have spent the better part of 25+ years looking for a 1953 Southern Rhodesia Crown in high grade; the results- PR66+ CAM

Photo link below:

http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/26818773.html

Dennis88 · April 25, 2013 2:37AM

Very nice. You almost never see these with any kind of Cameo. A great coin

ColonelKlinck · April 25, 2013 2:49AM

Very Nice

JCMhouston · April 25, 2013 3:42AM

Congrats

OriginalDan · April 25, 2013 4:58AM

Very nice. Makes me feel quite impatient to hear how long you've waited for this one!

lordmarcovan · April 25, 2013 6:08AM

Neat. I've never seen that type.

Nice frost, too.

theboz11 · April 25, 2013 6:41AM

My first encounter also. Very nice and well worth the wait. congrats.

coinpictures · April 25, 2013 9:03AM

KM #27. Mintage of 1,500 pieces. According to Numismaster there is also a matte proof, for which no mintage figure is given, but Numismaster values at 2.5X the regular proof.

I've never seen one in the wild.

coinkat · April 25, 2013 9:39AM

congrats- its always fun to find the special coin.

This looks to be a terrific example

worldcoinguy · April 25, 2013 1:11PM

Stunning piece - the wait appears to have paid off handsomely. Thanks for sharing.

Cocoinut · April 25, 2013 1:17PM

Congratulations on completing your quest! It must be very satisfying.

That's an unusually long tail on the letter "Q". I'm curious, did any other Commonwealth countries use the title Queen on their coins?

Jim

LochNESS · April 25, 2013 5:20PM

<< <i>That's an unusually long tail on the letter "Q". I'm curious, did any other Commonwealth countries use the title Queen on their coins? >>

Yes it's been done, but I agree the tail is unusually long. Here's a modern [2010] example from Tuvalu:

LochNESS · April 25, 2013 5:27PM

PS: amazing coin amazing find congrats man! very cool thanks for renewing the hopes of the rest of us who are still searching for our missing links

TwoKopeiki · April 25, 2013 10:43PM

<< <i>congrats- its always fun to find the special coin.

This looks to be a terrific example >>

Congratulations!

flykite · April 25, 2013 11:49PM

Thank you all for your comments; 'Colonel: Thanks for posting the picture for me! Cocoinut: In 1953, as part of the Coronation, Crowns were struck by SAF, NZ, GB, and Rhodesia. This now completes the crown collection. Grades as follows:

1953 SAF Crown PR66CAM (top pop-3)
1953 NZ Crown PR66DCAM (top-pop-1)
1953 RH Crown PR66+CAM (top-pop-1)
1953 GB Crown PR65CAM .....I have a specimen away at PCGS that should come back 65DCAM (fingers crossed!)

LochNESS · April 26, 2013 12:50PM

Dug out my red box and sure enough I've got an MS example (of the RH '53). Would love a PR like this gem!

After decades of searching...

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