Cook Islands 1977-FM 100 dollars

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 38003

This specimen was lot 38003 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $720. The catalog description^[1] noted, "COOK ISLANDS. Gold 100 Dollars, 1977-FM. Pennsylvania (Franklin) Mint. Elizabeth II. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. Issued for the Queen's Silver Jubilee." The Cook Islands, like many small, impoverished nations, has contracted with private mints to produce and market a large variety of commemoratives sold in lands far from the issuing country.

Recorded mintage: 50 matte uncirculated plus 562 prooflike plus 9,364 proofs.

Specification: 9.6 g, 0.900 fine gold, 26 mm diameter, 0.2778 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-4; KM-19.

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• 1975 100 dollars, Captain Cook
• 1978 200 dollars, bicentennial of the discovery of Hawaii
• 1979-FM 100 dollars, membership in the Commonwealth of Nations
• Coins and currency dated 1977