Canada 1988 100 dollars

Goldberg sale 115, lot 1918

This specimen was lot 1918 in Goldberg sale 115 (Los Angeles, February 2020), where it sold for $396. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Canada. 100 Dollars, 1988. Bowhead whales. In original holder. Choice Brilliant Proof." Gold one hundred dollar gold coins were struck to 16.96 g, 0.917 fine gold, in 1976-86, each year with a different subject. The weight and fineness were reduced to the module shown here in 1987 and commemoratives were struck to that standard until 2000. All are priced the same in the SCWC.

Recorded mintage: unknown, all proofs.

Specification: 13.34 g, 0.583 fine gold, .248 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-19; KM-162.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 115: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2020.

Link to:

• 1987 100 dollars, Calgary Olympics
• 1988 5 dollars, Maple Leaf, 1 oz silver
• 1989 100 dollars, 350th anniversary of Sainte-Marie
• Coins and currency dated 1988