1997 Charles Kingsford Smith Centenary Portfolio $1 Silver & $20 Banknote
In recognition of a great Australian the Royal Australian Mint and Note Printing Australia jointly issued a portfolio featuring a Large Head Type 1997 .999 Silver Proof dollar and a special Overprinted $20 paper note with the final 'ADK' Serial Prefix each depicting Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Australia's legendary aviation pioneer.
Due to the limited availability of the discontinued $20 paper notes only 4 000 portfolios were offered for sale. The portfolios were distributed in May/June 1997 by randomly selecting from applications received from Mint list customers. The issue was vastly oversubscribed with some 40 000 applications being received by the Royal Mint and Note Printing Australia.
Both the coin and note are unique to the portfolio - the $20 note carrying the words 'Sir Charles Kingsford Smith' as an overprint and the .999 Proof Silver Dollar carrying the Large Head type reverse design.
Original: $175.00
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In recognition of a great Australian the Royal Australian Mint and Note Printing Australia jointly issued a portfolio featuring a Large Head Type 1997 .999 Silver Proof dollar and a special Overprinted $20 paper note with the final 'ADK' Serial Prefix each depicting Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Australia's legendary aviation pioneer.
Due to the limited availability of the discontinued $20 paper notes only 4 000 portfolios were offered for sale. The portfolios were distributed in May/June 1997 by randomly selecting from applications received from Mint list customers. The issue was vastly oversubscribed with some 40 000 applications being received by the Royal Mint and Note Printing Australia.
Both the coin and note are unique to the portfolio - the $20 note carrying the words 'Sir Charles Kingsford Smith' as an overprint and the .999 Proof Silver Dollar carrying the Large Head type reverse design.
