PAPUA New Guinea - Bird of Paradise - 10 Kina - 1983 - Large Proof Silver Crown

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The Raggiana bird-of-paradise, also known as Count Raggi's bird-of-paradise, is a large bird in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae. It is distributed widely in southern and northeastern New Guinea, where its name is kumul. This coin is listed in the Standard Catalog of World Coins as KM-8a, was struck at the Franklin Mint from 41.6 grams of .925 silver for an Actual Silver Weight (ASW) of 1.2372 ounces of pure silver. Total mintage for this year was a miniscule 1,025 coins making it the KEY DATE for the series.