Canada 2005 50 cents KM-542

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74441
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This specimen was lot 74441 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA. 50 Cents, 2005. Elizabeth II. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. Voyageurs." Other commemorative fifty cents for 2005 include KM 494a, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 577, 578, 579, 580, 599. This one honors the Voyageurs reverse of the old silver dollar.

Recorded mintage: 13,933 proofs.

Specification: 1.24 g, 0.999 fine gold, 13.92 mm diameter, reeded edge, 0.040 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Fr-81; KM-542.

Sources:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
  • 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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including 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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