Fiji 1978 250 dollars
This specimen was lot 24698 in Heritage sale 3015 (Long Beach, September 2011), where it sold for $2,990. The catalog description[1] noted, "Elizabeth II gold 250 Dollars 1978, PF69 Ultra Cameo NGC, Conservation Series, Banded Iguana." 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. This coin honors endangered wildlife, including the banded iguana.
Recorded mintage: 252 plus 810 proofs.
Specification: 33.43 g, 0.900 fine gold, .967 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 43.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3015, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.
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