British Virgin Islands 1988-FM 50 dollars KM-82

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 74257

This specimen was lot 74257 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. 50 Dollars, 1988. Elizabeth II. PCGS PROOF-68 Deep Cameo. Featuring a Mixtec Mask." This is another Non-Circulating Legal Tender coin issued and marketed by the Franklin mint on behalf of the British Virgin Islands before it withdrew from coinage operations in 1985.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.06 g, 0.500 fine gold, 15 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-26; KM-82.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1985-FM 25 dollars
• 1988 50 dollars, crossed gloves
• Coins and currency dated 1988
• return to coins of British Virgin Islands