I have had this item listed as a Buy It Now for $500.00.  I have decided to list it as an auction with an auction starting bid of $250.00 which is 50% off my Buy It Now price.

This item was produced 50 years ago.  It is a true numismatic and philatelic item that is truly rare and worth collecting.

This is a listing for Hutt PNCover Number 101, featuring the 1974 New Zealand Sterling Silver Proof One Dollar Coin Commemorating the Xth British Commonwealth Games to be held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 24^th to February 2^nd, 1974.  This is Number 57 of 350 Proof Set PNCovers produced by Hutt of Wellington, New Zealand.  This PNCover contains the 1974 Proof New Zealand One Dollar ($1) Sterling Silver Coin. Only 8000 of these 1974 Proof Sets were minted.  Item # 321.

Description of First Day PNCover:

Producer or Issuer:  Hutt Commemoratives (Hutt Coin Co., Ltd.), Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

Cover Front:  On the upper (top) left hand side is "NEW ZEALAND" and "1974 PROOF SET" directly below. Below this is a red and blue art work depicting a athletic running on the red side and a swimmer on the blue side.  At the bottom left is a window displaying the reverse side of 1974 Sterling Silver One Dollar Proof Coin.  At the upper right hand corner is the New Zealand "New Zealand $1 GEOTHERMAL POWER” stamp Postmarked and below this is the New Zealand "PHILATELIC BUREAU 24 JA 74 1 N.Z. WELLENGTON".  This was the first day release of the Sterling Proof $1 Coin. Lower right hand side is the Registered Stamp, "R No. 22 Philatelic Bureau Wellington (PHB)". At the very bottom right is, "Hutt Commemoratives, C/o Post Office, Wellington."

Cover Back: At the very top is description which states, "ONE DOLLAR ($1)" and "A Commemorative one dollar coin struck for the Xth British Commonwealth Games held in Christchurch, January – February, 1974.  The reverse design features the Games symbol surrounded by athletes portraying multi-racial characteristic.  This coin is .925 silver.  Professor Paul Beadle, of Auckland, New Zealand designed the reverse, and Arnold Machin, R.A., the obverse.”  At the bottom left is a square that contains, "No. 57 OF 350 PROOF SETS" and "Hutt PNC No. 101". At the lower right is the window which displays the obverse of the One Dollar Coin depicting Queen Elizabeth II.

Condition: Excellent condition. See pictures.

DESCRIPTION OF ONE ($1) COIN:

Description of the 1974 One ($1) Coin:  One Dollar ($1.00) Sterling Silver Coin with "Queen Elizabeth II" on the face and the "Commonwealth Games Logo Design" on the reverse.

Obverse: “Queen Elizabeth II” - Design by Arnold Machin.  Legend: “ELIZABETH II NEW ZEALAND – 1974”. 

Reverse: Commonwealth Games Sports.  Legend: X BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GAMES CHRISTCHURCH . ONE DOLLAR.  Designed by New Zealand sculptor and designer Professor Paul Beadle of Auckland University.

Edge: Reeded - continuous mill.

Weight:  Silver: 27.2160 grams

Composition: Proof: .925 Silver.

Silver Content: Proof only: .8095 oz

Mintage: Proof: 18,000 of which 8,000 were used in the 1974 Proof Set and of these 8,000 there were 350 of them used in the Hutt PNCovers.

This is a listing for Hutt PNCover  Number 101, featuring the 1974 New Zealand Sterling Silver Proof One Dollar Coin Commemorating the Xth British Commonwealth Games held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 24^th to February 2^ND, 1974.  This is Number 57 of 360 Proof Sets produced by Hutt of Wellington, New Zealand.

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