Canada 2002 5 dollars

Goldberg Sale 139, lot 1654

This specimen was lot 1654 in Goldberg Sale 139 (Los Angeles, June 2024), where it sold for $600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Canada. 5 Dollars, 2002. Struck for the 90th Anniversary of the $5 Gold coin. Only 2,002 struck of this one year type. Pop 35; 5 in PF70UC. NGC graded Proof 69 Ultra Cameo." In our ignorance, we don't see the point of issuing a coin to commemorate another coin but the RCM saw fit to accompany this with a similar gold ten dollars.

Recorded mintage: 2,002.

Specification: 8.36 g, 0.900 fine gold, 21.6 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-61; KM-519.

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, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• Cross, W. K., The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 62nd Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 2008.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Stephen Harvey and Vera Kan, Goldberg Sale 139: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, featuring the Peh Family Collection, Part II, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2024.

Link to:

• 2001 10 dollars, hologram of the Maple Leaf, ¼ oz gold
• 2002 10 dollars, 90th anniversary of the 1912 ten dollars
• 2002 100 dollars, discovery of oil in Alberta
• 2002 200 dollars, The Jack Pine
• 2002 300 dollars, queen's golden jubilee
• 2002 300 dollars, great blue heron
• 2002 350 dollars, wild rose
• Coins and currency dated 2002