Singapore 1975 500 dollars

from the Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 1574

This specimen was lot 1574 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $4,320. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SINGAPORE. 500 Dollars, 1975. Singapore Mint. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. Struck to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of Independence. A boldly designed and early issue of Singapore, this example is free of visible handling with no copper spots over either side." Singapore, today an independent city-state, was until 1948 part of the British colony of the Straits Settlements. It left the Federation of Malaysia in 1965 and commenced coinage in 1967.

Recorded mintage: 30,000 + 2,000 proofs.

Specification: 34.56 g 0.900 fine gold, 1.000 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-2; KM-14.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• Singapore 1969 150 dollars
• 1974 5 cents
• Singapore 1983 500 dollars, year of the pig
• Coins and currency dated 1975