View source for Gibraltar 2000 crown KM-884

[[Image:SB225-75175o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75175]]
[[Image:SB225-75175r.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 75175 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $2,400. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Gibraltar|GIBRALTAR]]. Bimetallic Crown, 2000. Surrey (Pobjoy) Mint. Elizabeth II. NGC PROOF-69." Wikipedia comments, "The Mauritius 'Post Office' stamps were issued by the British Colony Mauritius in September 1847, in two denominations: an orange-red one penny (1d) and a deep blue two pence (2d). Their name comes from the wording on the stamps reading "Post Office", which was soon changed in the next issue to 'Post Paid'. They are among the rarest postage stamps in the world." This design was also used on KM 885 (titanium £5), [[Gibraltar 2000 1/2 crown KM-883|KM 883]] (bimetallic half crown) and KM 894 (gold half crown). The Popjoy Mint honored another stamp, the Penny Black on an [[Isle of Man 1990 2 crowns]].

''Recorded mintage:'' 999 proofs.

''Specification:'' 0.8456 oz gold and titanium. 
 
''Catalog reference:'' Fr-111; KM-884. 

''[[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, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>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.
 
''Links to:''
* [[Isle of Man 1990 2 crowns]], 150th anniversary of the Penny Black
* [[Gibraltar 1999 1/2 crown]], millennium
* [[Gibraltar 2000 1/2 crown KM-883|2000 half crown, 160th anniversary of the postage stamp, the Blue Mauritius, bimetallic titanium and gold]]
* [[Gibraltar 2001 5 crowns]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 2000]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]]