Malaysia 1977-FM 200 ringgit

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 2745

This specimen was lot 2745 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $450. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MALAYSIA: AV 200 ringgit, 1977-FM, commemorating the 9th Southeast Asian Games, NGC graded PF67 UC." This NCLT is a relic of the Franklin Mint's foray into contract minting.

Recorded mintage: 12,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 7.22 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM-24.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

• 1976 15 ringgit, Malaysian Gaur
• 1976 25 ringgit, Hornbill
• 1976 200 ringgit, third five-year plan
• 1976 250 ringgit, 25th Anniversary of Employees Provident Fund
• 1976 500 ringgit, Tapir
• 1979 ringgit
• 1981-FM 500 ringgit, fourth Malaysian 5-Year Plan
• Coins and currency dated 1977