Australia 1989 200 dollars

Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale, lot 73037

This specimen was lot 73037 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $690. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRALIA. 200 Dollars, 1989. Elizabeth II. NGC PROOF-70 Ultra Cameo. This beautiful and free from blemish example gives a wonderful mirrored appearance in the fields and copious amounts of frost on the devices." Australia began striking NCLT's of this denomination and module with KM 71 in 1980. Various Australian wildlife were featured until 1994; for some reason, this issue does not appear in the SCWC.

Wikipedia comments, "The frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), also known commonly as the frill-necked lizard, frilled dragon or frilled agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. It is endemic to northern Australia and southern New Guinea. This species is the only member of the genus Chlamydosaurus."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.2948 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM unlisted, Fr-49.

Source:

^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
McDonald, Greg, The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed., Lavington, Australia, 2017.
Pitt, Michael, Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values, 32nd Edition, Matraville, New South Wales, Australia: Renniks Publications, 2023.

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