Poland 2004-MW 200 zlotych Fr-200

from Stack's Bowers October 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72603

This specimen was lot 72603 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $840. The catalog description^[1] noted, "POLAND. 200 Zlotych, 2004. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo. Warsaw Fine Arts Academy Centennial. A highly attractive representative with frosty devices and smooth mirrored fields. Free of tone, haze or fog."

Recorded mintage: 5,000.

Specifications: 15.5 g, 0.900 fine gold, 27 mm diameter, 0.4485 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-200; KM-Y511.

Sources:

• 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

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