Canada 2003 100 dollars
The first specimen was lot 22265 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA. 100 Dollars, 2003. PCGS PROOF-69 DEEP CAMEO Secure Holder. Struck to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Discovery of Marquis Wheat. Includes certificate of authenticity serial #00770 (out of 9,993)." The second specimen was lot 74584 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $690. The catalog description[2] noted, "CANADA. 100 Dollars, 2003. Ottawa Mint. Elizabeth II. GEM PROOF. Includes original box of issue." 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 discovery of Marquis wheat. We don't know why the mint chose to use 14 K gold for this series.
Recorded mintage: 9,993.
Specification: 13.34 g, 0.583 fine gold, .250 troy oz AGW, 27 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-66; KM-486.
- 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.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
- [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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