Lot 1064
1064
New Zealand Solomon Islands, Elizabeth II, Mule Five Dollars, 2000, struck to a Matt/satin finish, crowned bust right, IRB below, by Ian Rank-Broadley, ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS 2000. rev. Pied Cormorant, mint state, believed unique in card of issue as part of the New Zealand 2000 wildlife series
AN ACCUMULATION OF EXTREMELY RARE LEGAL TENDER MULE, PATTERN AND ERROR LEGAL TENDER SOLOMON ISLAND COINAGE 2000, PRODUCED BY THE VALCAMBI MINT, SWITZERLAND.
New Zealand Solomon Islands, Elizabeth II, Mule Five Dollars, 2000, struck to a Matt/satin finish, crowned bust right, IRB below, by Ian Rank-Broadley, ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS 2000. rev. Pied Cormorant, mint state, believed unique in card of issue as part of the New Zealand 2000 wildlife series

Details
New Zealand Solomon Islands, Elizabeth II, Mule Five Dollars, 2000, struck to a Matt/satin finish, crowned bust right, IRB below, by Ian Rank-Broadley, ELIZABETH II SOLOMON ISLANDS 2000. rev. Pied Cormorant, mint state, believed unique in card of issue as part of the New Zealand 2000 wildlife series
Provenance
Purchased ex Noble auction, Sydney Australia, November 2000

Lot Essay

Struck from the same experimental die used to produce the obverses of the next two coins lots. This coin despatched in error in New Zealand 2000 coinage set in album. These pieces should, of course, have the Solomon Islands Olympics 2000 reverse.