Tristan Da Cunha 2008 crown

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 76867
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This specimen was lot 76867 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description[1] noted, "TRISTAN DA CUNHA. Crown, 2008. Elizabeth II. PCGS PROOF-68 Deep Cameo. St. George and Dragon." Numista shows a gold half crown with this design but not this one crown. All the issues of this denomination listed in the SCWC for 2008 are copper-nickel.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1 g, 0.999 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-Unlisted; KM-Unlisted.

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, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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