Macedonia 1996 denar

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 41126

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 41126 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MACEDONIA. Denar, 1996. NGC PROOF-68 Ultra Cameo. Commemorating the 5th anniversary of U.N. membership, this alluring animal type features two storks in a marshland. Exceptionally mirrored and alluring, with a golden-orange hue throughout." Macedonia is one of the fragments of the former Yugoslavia. She preserves a fragile independence but is dominated by her neighbor Serbia. This NCLT used the module of a British double sovereign.

Recorded mintage: 1,100.

Specification: 15.98 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-1; KM-8.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• Macedonia 1995 5 denars F.A.O.
• Yugoslavia 1998 600 novih dinara, Chilander Monastery
• Macedonia 2006 denar
• Coins and currency dated 1996