Barbados 1983-FM 100 dollars

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from Stack's Bowers 2017 NYINC sale, lot 6074
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 6074 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $176.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "BARBADOS. 100 Dollars, 1983 FM. NGC PROOF-69 ULTRA CAMEO. Reported mintage of only 484 pieces. A nearly perfect example from a low mintage issue. Free from tone, haze and fog. From the Michael Druck Collection." This is another Non-Circulating Legal Tender coin issued and marketed by the Franklin mint on behalf of Barbados before it withdrew from coinage operations in 1985.

Recorded mintage: 3 plus 484 proofs.

Specification: 6.21 g, 0.500 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-8; KM-38.

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.

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