PNG 2020 silver 1oz Bird of Paradise PR70 DC set on a helmet

set on a helmet

Extremely fine with full date and very clear epithet and mint

and seemingly missed the bronzing process in striking

standing before rock

PNG 2020 silver 1oz Bird of Paradise PR70 DC set on a helmet*Papua New Guinea, silver proof One Ounce 10 Kina, 2020, struck in 999 silver, 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 DEEP