Canada 1976 100 dollars Fr-6
This specimen was lot 70512 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA. 100 Dollars, 1976. Ottawa Mint. ANACS MS-65. Montreal Olympics issue. This glistening Gem, offering highly prooflike surfaces, dazzles the eye and features Athena crowning a nude male athlete." This was the first coin of this denomination issued by Canada. Two versions were minted; the uncirculated version (shown here) was 14 kt gold, 27 mm diameter, while the proof version (KM 116) was 22 kt gold, 25 mm diameter and contained a half ounce of gold. The two are difficult to distinguish in photographs but the uncirculated version has a beaded rim while the proof has a plain rim. Today, they have the same catalog value.
Recorded mintage: 650,000 plus proofs (KM 116).
Specification: 13.34 g, 0.563 fine gold, AGW: 0.25 oz, 27 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-6; KM-115.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Cross, W. K., The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 62nd Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 2008.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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