Guyana 1977-FM 100 dollars
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This specimen was lot 23027 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "GUYANA. 100 Dollars, 1977. Franklin Mint. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. Struck in 0.500 fine gold by the Franklin Mint for the Bank of Guyana. Only three examples have been graded finer at NGC. Brilliant with hard mirror fields and frosted cameo devices." This is another Non-Circulating Legal Tender coin issued and marketed by the Franklin mint on behalf of Guyana before it withdrew from coinage operations in 1985.
Recorded mintage: 100 + 7,635 proofs.
Specification: 5.58 g, 0.500 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM-47; Fr-2.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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