Turks and Caicos Islands 1988 100 crowns

Heritage sale 3064, lot 33923

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 33923 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $528. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Elizabeth II gold Proof 100 Crowns 1988 PR69 Ultra Cameo NGC. Glimmering surfaces only entice on the World Wildlife Fund issue." This NCLT was issued by Turks & Caicos Is. to honor the 25th anniversary of the World Wildlife Fund by featuring the spiny lobster.

Recorded mintage: est. 5,000.

Specification: 10 g, 0.917 fine gold, AGW 0.2948 oz.

Catalog reference: KM 65.

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]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.

Link to:

• 1981 quarter crown
• 1981 half crown
• 1985 100 crowns, Decade for Women
• 1988 crown, iguana
• Hungary 1988 500 forint KM-661 Montagu's harrier
• Madagascar 1988 20 ariary lemur
• 1995 20 crowns, Olympic Games, pole vault
• Coins and currency dated 1988
• return to coinage of Turks & Caicos Is.