Sierra Leone 1997 50 dollars Fr-15
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This specimen was lot 2504 in Goldberg sale 91 (Los Angeles, June 2016), where it sold for $123.37. The catalog description[1] noted, "Sierra Leone. 50 Dollars, 1997 NGC PF70 UC. Diana - The Peoples' Princess. Portrait of Lady Diana. Reverse: Arms. NGC graded Proof 70 Ultra Cameo." Sierra Leone honored the deceased princess with sixteen different commemoratives in 1997 and four more in 1998. Friedberg lists this as a fifty leones piece but we side with the auction catalog and the SCWC and go with dollars.
Recorded mintage: c. 7,500.
Specification: 3.11 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.100 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-15; KM-74.
- 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 91: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2016.
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