Solomon Islands 1982-FM 100 dollars

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 23218

This specimen was lot 23218 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $376. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SOLOMON ISLANDS. 100 Dollars, 1982-FM. NGC PROOF-69 ULTRA CAMEO. Battle of Guadalcanal. Hard mirror fields with frosted cameo devices." The Franklin Mint struck NCLT's to this weight standard for the Solomon Islands in 1978 (KM 9), 1982 (KM 14, shown here) and 1983 (KM 18).

Recorded mintage: 311.

Specification: 9.37 g, 0.900 fine gold, .271 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM-14.

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 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.

Link to:

• Solomon Islands 1978-FM 5 dollars
• 1978 100 dollars, independence
• 1981 10 cents
• 1984 100 dollars, Olympic weightlifting
• Coins and currency dated 1982
• return to coins of Solomon Islands