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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 8300336, member: 4910&quot;]In 1964 I lived in California and wrote to many government mints asking to buy coins. Most did not sell directly to customers and referred me to banks or local coin dealers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The South Africa Mint sent sent me a price list:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_southafrica_mint_pricelist_a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>South Africa Mint pricelist for 1964 (one Rand was worth US $1.40 then)</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a few coins from the South Africa Mint in Pretoria but I could not afford the more expensive items and it was illegal to have gold coins shipped to the United States due to the US Treasury gold regulations.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1964 price list did list a 1951 nine-coin proof set which was lined out. But I wanted one of the proof sets, not necessarily the 1951 set.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently I was able to obtain a 1952 proof set with the last coins of King George VI.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_southafrica_proofset_1952_casecover.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>South Africa Proof Set 1952 Case Cover</p><p>Size: 6-1/4 in x 4-1/2 in (15.5 mm x 11.5 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_southafrica_proofset_1952_caseopen.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>South Africa Proof Set 1952 Case Open</p><p>Size: 6-1/4 in x 9 in (15.5 mm x 23.0 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_southafrica_proofset_1952_crown.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>South Africa Proof Set 1952 Crown</p><p>Silver, 38.0 mm, 28.24 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_southafrica_proofset_1952_halfcrown.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>South Africa Proof Set 1952 Halfcrown</p><p>Silver, 32.0 mm, 14.15 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_southafrica_proofset_1952_florin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>South Africa Proof Set 1952 Florin</p><p>Silver, 28.0 mm, 11.32 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_southafrica_proofset_1952_shilling.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>South Africa Proof Set 1952 Shilling</p><p>Silver, 23.0 mm, 5.62 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_southafrica_proofset_1952_sixpence.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>South Africa Proof Set 1952 Sixpence</p><p>Silver, 19.0 mm, 2.83 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_southafrica_proofset_1952_threepence.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>South Africa Proof Set 1952 Threepence</p><p>Silver, 16.0 mm, 1.40 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_southafrica_proofset_1952_penny.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>South Africa Proof Set 1952 Penny</p><p>Bronze, 31.0 mm, 9.53 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_southafrica_proofset_1952_halfpenny.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>South Africa Proof Set 1952 Halfpenny</p><p>Bronze, 25.0 mm, 5.66 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_southafrica_proofset_1952_farthing.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>South Africa Proof Set 1952 Farthing</p><p>Bronze, 20.0 mm, 2.83 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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