Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 2095. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NEW ZEALAND. George V, as King of Great Britain and Emperor of India. 1910-1935. AR Proof Crown. Commemorating the 1935 Waitangi Treaty. Crowned bust left / Maori chief Hone Heke meeting British Governor Hobson. Mintage of 364 pieces. KM 6. Mint state, virtually free of hairlines. ($1000)

The Waitangi treaty, signed in 1840, guaranteed the Maori of New Zealand full protection under British law and the security of their property rights. The treaty still governs relations between the Maori and the New Zealand government.