Tristan Da Cunha 2010 5 pounds Fr-9
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This specimen was lot 76825 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description[1] noted, "TRISTAN DA CUNHA. Palladium 5 Pounds, 2010. Elizabeth II. PCGS GEM PROOF Deep Cameo. Mintage: A very SCARCE Palladium issue, with a beautiful theme and nearly flawless proof appeal." This NCLT was made and sold in Great Britain and it seems unlikely that any made it to the windswept island of Tristan Da Cunha in the south Atlantic. The significance of the dates on the reverse is not explained.
Recorded mintage: 399.
Specification: 28.34 g, 0.999 fine palladium.
Catalog reference: Fr-9, KM 81.
- 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, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, 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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