Liberia 1979-FM 100 dollars Fr-16

from Stack's Bowers 2017 NYINC sale, lot 6899

This specimen was lot 6899 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $399.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "LIBERIA. 100 Dollars, 1979. NGC PROOF-68 ULTRA CAMEO. Organization of African Unity issue featuring a trumpeting African Elephant. Lively well executed design with brilliant fields and full cameo affect." In the last twenty years, Liberia has fallen into the clutches of the private minters, who have issued such Liberian themed commemoratives as Star Trek (KM 128), Babe Ruth (KM 131) and Princess Diana (KM 464). This issue is a product of the Franklin Mint.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.2 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-16; KM-38.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1977-FM 100 dollars, Joseph J. Roberts, the first president of Liberia
• 1979 100 dollars, OAU, president Tolbert
• 1995-PM 250 dollars, Cairo Conference - World War II
• Liberia 2000 5 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1979
• return to coins of Liberia