Malaysia 2000 100 ringgit
This specimen was lot 1588 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description[1] noted, "MALAYSIA: Constitutional Monarchy, AV 100 ringgit, 2000, 1/2 oz 9999 fine gold, mousedeer (kijang emas), a few rim nicks and hairlines, accompanied by original box of issue, Brilliant UNC, ex Howard A. Daniel III Collection." The crude design suggests a private mint but this appears to be an official issue. The kijang emas (Muntiacus muntjak), known in English as the barking deer or southern red muntjac, is common throughout Southeast Asia, including Malaya and Borneo.
Wikipedia comments,
"The Malaysian Kijang Emas was first minted in December 2000 by the Royal Mint of Malaysia. It was launched by the then Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on 17 July 2001. Malaysia is the 12th country in the world to issue its own gold bullion coin, and joins the ranks of the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf, American Gold Eagle, Australian Gold Nugget, and South African Krugerrand."
The Wikipedia page notes that the coin is available in one ounce (RM200), half ounce (shown here) and quarter ounce (RM50) sizes. As of September 2024, US$1 = 4.13 Malaysian ringgit, making this coin theoretically worth about US$24.18; it is, of course, sold at its gold price.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 15.55 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.500 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM-122.
- 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 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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