Haiti 1970 500 gourdes

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from Stack's Bowers 2017 NYINC sale, lot 3008
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 3008 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $4,230. The catalog description[1] noted, "HAITI. 500 Gourdes, 1970. NGC PROOF-67 ULTRA CAMEO. Struck to commemorate the 10 Anniversary of the Revolution. Hallmark and Serial # 311 on reverse. Lightly toned." This commemorative was also struck in 1969. The "IC" mintmark on the reverse is for the Italcambio mint in Italy.

Recorded mintage: unknown but probably less than 1,000, all proofs.

Specification: 151.9 g, 0.900 fine gold, 68 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-6; KM-76.

Source:

  • Arroyo, Carmen, Coins of Haiti, 1803-1970, San Antonio, TX: 1970.
  • 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, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.

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