Canada 1990 200 dollars
This specimen was part of lot 40063 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), which sold for $14,400. The catalog description[1] noted, "Impressive Collection of $200 Commemorative Issues. CANADA. Assortment of $200 Commemoratives, 1990-2012. CHOICE BRILLIANT PROOF. 21 pieces in lot. First set, 1990-2001: Fr-22; Fr-24; Fr-25; Fr-28; Fr-31; Fr-33; Fr-35; Fr-37; Fr-40; Fr-43; Fr-47; Fr-52. ...Total weight 359.94 g (11.57 troy oz) of 0.917 fine gold." The profits extracted from the manufacture and sale of NCLT's caused the Royal Canadian Mint to scramble for ever more arcane topics, including this one honoring the silver jubilee of the Canadian flag.
Recorded mintage: 20,980.
Specification: 17.14 g, 0.917 fine gold, 29 mm diameter, designed by Dora de Pédery-Hunt and Stewart Sherwood.
Catalog reference: KM 178.
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- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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