Elizabeth II 3-Piece silver Oversized Uniface Specimen "Royal Canadian Mounted Police" Commemorative Presentation Set 1973, Featuring three oversized uniface silver strikings for the 1973 RCMP Dollar and 25 Cents (each 65mm), two of which show the reverses of those two coins (cf. KM81.1 for circulation 25 cents, and KM83 for dollar), and one the obverse, together with a solid gold cap badge. All are mounted in a heavy silver display frame with a blue velvet background, and housed in a custom presentation case. A significant set within Canadian numismatics, nearly unique and entirely unpublished in either the Standard Catalog of World Coins or the Charlton Standard Catalog of Canadian Coins. According to the January 1974 issue of The RCMP Quarterly, this set was specially produced by the Royal Canadian Mint for the centennial of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and presented to Queen Elizabeth II herself during a luncheon held at her visit of the Depot Division in Ottawa on July 2, 1973. A second set, this one, was struck and gifted to the packaging company that supplied boxes to the Royal Canadian mint. Other than these two sets, no other examples are known to exist. Produced with the utmost care, each specimen is struck in an ultra-mirrored finish with delicate frost atop the devices. Interestingly, the cited article incorrectly states that the obverse piece displays the, "uncrowned effigy of Her Majesty." A once in a lifetime opportunity, and an item that is sure to serve as the cornerstone in any Canadian collection.

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