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some pieces perhaps finer: * Cent. Largely frosty mint orange with deepening red toning
highlights. A pleasure to behold * Five cents. Deep golden gray with rich steel blue
highlights * Ten cents. Reflective gunmetal-blue iridescence on deep golden gray surfaces
* Twenty-five cents. Toning similar to the ten-cent piece * Fifty cents. Toning similar to
the twenty-five cent piece. The Krause-Mishler world coin reference gives the mintage
figure for 1911 Specimen sets as 1,000. Red leatherette box, pressure clasp, royal purple
inside, top in emblazoned SPECIMEN COINS / SILVER AND BRONZE / OTTAWA MINT / 1911 in four
lines in gold. Box Charlton-7b. An exceptional example of the Specimen coinage of 1911. A
strictly original set that mother nature has lovingly matched for toning highlights and
overall appearance. (Total: 5 pieces, 1 box)
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