Canada 2010 300 dollars KM-999

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 45525

This specimen was lot 45525 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CANADA. 300 Dollars, 2010. Elizabeth II. BRILLIANT PROOF. Sold with original display case, strike #316. Note: The listed weight and AGW for this issue in the Standard Catalog of World Coins (KM) is incorrect." If the auctioneer's reported weight of 60 g is correct, then this NCLT matches other $300 coins issued in 2010 (KM 1047 and KM 1078).

Recorded mintage: 500.

Specification: per the SCWC: 54 g, 0.583 fine gold, 50 mm diameter; per the auctioneers: 60 g, 1.1246 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-135; KM-999.

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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

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