View source for Canada 2012 150 dollars KM-1262

[[Image:SB121-23310o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2021 NYINC sale, lot 23310]]
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This specimen was lot 23310 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $660. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Canada|CANADA]]. 150 Dollars, 2012. NGC PROOF-70 Ultra Cameo. Chinese Blessings series: Blessings of Good Fortune. A stunning Gem, this scallop-shaped issue presents a high degree of frosting and mirrored fields ultimately producing a wonderful cameo effect." The profits extracted from the manufacture and sale of NCLT's caused the Royal Canadian Mint to scramble for ever more arcane topics. This series, started in 2009, was the first non-round coin issued by Canada.

''Recorded mintage:'' 888.

''Specification:'' 10.40 g, 0.999 fine gold, 22.5 mm diameter, 0.334 troy oz AGW.

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-Unlisted; KM-1262. 

''[[Bibliography|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, ''The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections'', Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2020.

''Link to:''
* [[Canada 2011 25 cents KM-493|2011 25 cents]]
* [[Canada 2011 15 dollars KM-1055|2011 15 dollars, Year of the Rabbit, scalloped]]
* [[Canada 2011 200 dollars KM-1143|2011 200 dollars, wedding of the Duke of Cambridge]]
* [[Canada 2011 200 dollars KM-1074|2011 200 dollars, S.S. ''Beaver'']]
* [[Canada 2011 300 dollars KM-1175|2011 300 dollars, platinum cougar]]
* [[Canada 2012 cent KM-1427|2012 cent, 5 oz silver]]
* [[Canada 2012 50 dollars KM-1296|2012 50 dollars, Queen's Diamond Jubilee]]
* [[Canada 2012 200 dollars KM-1223|2012 200 dollars, Viking ship]]
* [[Canada 2012 300 dollars KM-1195|2012 300 dollars, Queen's Diamond Jubilee]]
* [[Canada 2012 500 dollars|2012 500 dollars, 100th Anniversary of Gold Coinage]]
* [[Canada 2013 50 dollars KM-1509|2013 50 dollars, 25th anniversary Maple Leaf]]
* [[Canada 2013 150 dollars KM-1437|2013 150 dollars, blessings of peace]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 2012]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2021 NYINC sale]]