Canada 1989 100 dollars

Goldberg sale 90, lot 3374

photo courtesy Goldberg Coins & Collectibles

This specimen was lot 3374 in Goldberg sale 90 (Los Angeles, January 2016), where it sold for $282. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Canada. 100 Dollars, 1989. Sainte-Marie. In original case of issue. Choice Brilliant Proof." Gold one hundred dollar gold coins were struck to this standard 1987-2003, each year with a different subject. All are priced the same in the SCWC.

Recorded mintage: unknown but all proofs.

Specification: 13.34 g, 0.583 fine gold, 0.2500 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM-169.

Source:

• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 90: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2016.
• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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