Eritrea 1993 100 dollars Fr-3
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This specimen was lot 44344 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "ERITREA. 100 Dollars, 1993. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. Triceratops. A brilliant Proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices." This type was accompanied by KM 10 (copper-nickel dollar) and KM 11 (silver 10 dollars). Other dinosaur-themed NCLT's included KM 8, 12, 26, 27 (all struck in gold). It seems odd that a series of coins intended to "Preserve Planet Earth" featured extinct North American animals, especially since there are many spectacular dinosaur fossils from Africa.
Recorded mintage: est. 5,000.
Specification: 6.22, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-3; KM-12.
- 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 August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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