Dominica 2018 10 dollars

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, lot 22437

This specimen was lot 22437 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $1,500. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DOMINICA. 10 Dollars, 2018. Scottsdale Mint. GEM UNCIRCULATED. An interesting issue that depicts a customary scenery from this small tropical island. Housed in the original, sealed mint packaging." The Scottsdale Mint is a private firm which claims to have minted coins and NCLT's for numerous Caribbean nations, including St. Lucia, Anguilla, Cayman islands, Barbados, Montserrat, Grenada, and Antigua & Barbuda. No Dominican coins are mentioned in the SCWC, so this issue may be an unauthorized fantasy.

Recorded mintage: 2,500.

Specification: gold, 1 oz AGW.

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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

• Coins and currency dated 2018
• Scottsdale Mint website: [1]