Singapore 1990 25 dollars Fr-26
This specimen was part of lot 21475 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), which sold for $2,350. The catalog description[1] noted, "SINGAPORE. Five Piece Proof Set, 1990. Fr-B10/B14. Includes an example of the gold 100, 50, 25, 10, & 5 Dollars. From a mintage of 2,000 pieces. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity numbered 349 and includes the wooden case of issue. The 25 and 5 Dollar pieces have received the ultimate grades from NGC." This specimen was issued by Singapore as part of a series of gold bullion issues. The series ended in 1995. 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: 5,000 plus 2,000 proofs.
Specification: 7.78 g, 0.999 fine gold, 21.96 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 81, Fr-26, KM-PS27 (set).
- 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 and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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