People's Republic 18-Piece Certified gold, silver, & brass Piefort "Moscow and Lake Placid Olympics" Proof Set 1980 NGC, 1) brass "Alpine Skiing" Yuan - PR68 Ultra Cameo, KM-P7 2) brass "Speed Skating" Yuan - PR68 Cameo, KM-P8 3) brass "Football" Yuan - PR68 Cameo, KM-P6 4) brass "Wrestling" Yuan - PR68 Cameo, KM-P4 5) brass "Figure Skating" Yuan - PR67 Ultra Cameo, KM-P9 6) brass "Equestrian" Yuan - PR67 Ultra Cameo, KM-P5 7) brass "Biathlon" Yuan - PR67 Ultra Cameo, KM-P10 8) brass "Archery" Yuan - PR67 Cameo, KM-P3 9) silver "Archery" 15 Yuan - PR67 Ultra Cameo, KM-P11 10) silver "Wrestling" 20 Yuan - PR68 Cameo, KM-P12 11) silver "Equestrian" 30 Yuan - PR67 Ultra Cameo, KM-P13 12) silver "Football" 30 Yuan - PR67 Ultra Cameo, KM-P14 13) silver "Alpine Skiing" 30 Yuan - PR67 Ultra Cameo, KM-P16 14) silver "Biathlon" 30 Yuan - PR67 Ultra Cameo, KM-P17 15) silver "Figure Skating" 30 Yuan - PR66 Cameo, KM-P18 16) silver "Speed Skating" 30 Yuan - PR66 Cameo, KM-P15 17) gold "Alpine Skiing" 250 Yuan - PR69 Cameo, KM-P19 18) gold "Archery" 300 Yuan - PR69 Ultra Cameo, KM-P20 Mintage: 250 sets. An exceedingly sought-after and truly full set of Piefort specimens comprised of both the Lake Placid Winter Olympics and Moscow Summer Olympics issues and the first such set we have offered since 2012. In fact, sets of this magnitude and iconic status occur only a handful of times at major auction each decade, and always to great fanfare. Assigned a myriad of advanced Proof designations and "Cameo" and "Ultra Cameo" superlatives, it is wholly evident that this set was immediately presumed to be special. As such we expect bidding to be consistent with recent trends in both the modern and Chinese numismatic markets and anticipate elevated bidder enthusiasm. Sold with COA.

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