Canada 2009 50 dollars

from the Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70354

This specimen was lot 70354 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $2,160. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CANADA. Palladium 50 Dollars, 2009. Ottawa Mint. NGC MS-69. APdW: 0.999 oz. One of first 1,000 struck, this bright reverse proof presents highly polished fields with no evidence of any color of haziness." Thirteen years after its issue, this coin still is not in the SCWC, which notes four palladium fifty dollar coins of 2006 (KM 672 thru 675).

Recorded mintage: 1,031,271.

Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine palladium.

Catalog reference: KM-Unlisted.

Source:

• 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, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• 2007 50 dollars, Maple Leaf, 1 oz palladium
• 2009 150 dollars, Year of the Ox
• 2009 200 dollars, coal miners
• 2009 300 dollars, steppe bison
• 2009 500 dollars, Construction of Parliament Building
• 2009 2500 dollars, "The Canada of Today"
• 2010 50 dollars, Vancouver Olympics, 5 oz silver
• Coins and currency dated 2009