Seychelles 1978 1500 rupees

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 NYINC sale, lot 41372

This specimen was lot 41372 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SEYCHELLES. 1500 Rupees, 1978. NGC MS-69. Conservation Series issue featuring the Black Paradise Flycatcher with a mintage of 683 pieces. Remarkably preserved with full prooflike reflectivity in the fields and surfaces that are without noticeable instance of handling. Tied for the finest graded (in Business Strike quality) at both NGC and PCGS."

Recorded mintage: 683 + 201 proofs.

Specification: 33.44 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-2; KM-41.

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, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

Link to:

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