Dominica 1979-CHI 150 dollars

from the Stack's Bowers June 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70658

This specimen was lot 70658 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $900. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DOMINICA. 150 Dollars, 1979. NGC PROOF-68 Ultra Cameo. Struck to commemorate the Israel and Egypt Peace Treaty. A lovely, SCARCE Proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices." This NCLT was accompanied by a silver twenty dollars (KM 17), both struck in Switzerland. All of Dominica's coinage is comprised of commemoratives.

Recorded mintage: 100 plus 100 proofs.

Specification: 9.60 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-Unlisted; KM-18.

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

Link to:

• 1978 150 dollars, Imperial parrot
• 1978 300 dollars, independence
• 1979 10 dollars, John Paul II, silver
• 1979 20 dollars, Israel and Egypt Peace Treaty
• 1979 300 dollars, John Paul II, gold
• Coins and currency dated 1979