Kiribati 2006 200 dollars
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This specimen was lot 24282 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description[1] noted, "KIRIBATI. 200 Dollars, 2006. NGC PROOF-69 ULTRA CAMEO. Mintage of only 500 pieces. Christmas Island issue with manger scene. Free of tone, haze or fog." This attempt to capitalize on the holiday trade does not seem to have been a success, as it was not repeated. Kiribati, formerly the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, is a group of coral islands in the Pacific. It was the scene of some of the fiercest battles of World War Two.
Recorded mintage: 500.
Specification: 31.11 g, 0.999 fine gold, 1 troy oz APW, 40 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-57.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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