Australia 2017 50 dollars

Goldberg sale 116, lot 1001

This specimen was lot 1001 in Goldberg sale 116 (Los Angeles, June 2020), where it sold for $870. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Australia. 50 Dollars, 2017. Weight 0.5000 ounce. Elizabeth II. Reverse: Rooster. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated." This Chinese lunar calendar NCLT is shown in Numista with a considerably different design. We have borrowed the specification from the similar $50 issued for the Year of the Horse (2014). Australia also issued $1, $2, $5, $8, $10, $15, $25, $30, $100, $200, $300, $1000, $3000 and $30,000 for the Year of the Horse and we presume the Year of the Rooster received the same attention. The $30,000 weighed 321 oz in gold.

Recorded mintage: 12,283.

Specification: 15.55 g, 0.999 fine gold, 30.6 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 3419.

Source:

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, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
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.
^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 116: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2020.

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