Falkland Islands 1979 150 pounds

Heritage sale 3024, lot 23779

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23779 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it sold for $7,050. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Elizabeth II gold 150 Pounds 1979, Proof 69 Ultra Cameo NGC, Conservation Series with an incredible cameo strike, the reverse features the local Fur Seal." The Falkland Islands, off the coast of Argentina in the south Atlantic Ocean, last made the news in 1982, when Argentina attempted to conquer the islands but were ousted by Her Majesty's Armed Forces. The islands remain a British dependency.

Recorded mintage: 488 plus 164 proofs.

Specification: 33.437 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM-13.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

Link to:

• 1974 gold pound
• 1979 10 pounds, steamer ducks
• Falkland Islands 1980 penny
• 1983 50 pence, 150th anniversary of British rule
• Falkland Islands 1990 100 pounds
• Coins and currency dated 1979
• return to coins of Falkland Islands