Fiji 1974 100 dollars
This specimen was lot 42737 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "FIJI. 100 Dollars, 1974. PCGS MS-68 Gold Shield. From a mintage of only 1,109 pieces. 100th Anniversary of cession to Great Britain. Full satiny luster with faint orange toning at peripheries." Sterling coinage was issued for the islands starting in 1934. World War Two issues were extensively saved by military personnel stationed there and those are the dates most commonly seen today. Decimal conversion occurred in 1967-69, the same time as Britain. Fiji left the British Commonwealth in 1987 but rejoined in 1997.
Recorded mintage: 1,109 + 2,321 proofs.
Specification: 31.36 g, 0.500 fine gold, .503 oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-2; KM-35.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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