Australia 1990 10 dollars KM-136
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This specimen was lot 33030 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $65. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRALIA. Silver 10 Dollars Piefort, 1990. Elizabeth II. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. An engaging double thick example with the subject Cockatoo wings spread wide." This is the piefort version of KM 136. Other ten dollar issues for 1990 include KM 137. The sulfur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) is found throughout eastern Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea.
Recorded mintage: 49,801 plus an unknown number of pieforts.
Specification: 20 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-P2 (piefort), KM 136.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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