Malta 1972 50 pounds

from Stack's Bowers 2017 NYINC sale, lot 6902

This specimen was lot 6902 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $1,061.88. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MALTA. 50 Pounds, 1972. NGC Unc Details--Spot Removals. Large size gold piece featuring a statue of Neptune. A few pale copper spots which may account for the assigned details designation but otherwise the surfaces are glowing with golden luster." This was the only issue of this denomination in this size. The next fifty pound issue was only 15 g.

Recorded mintage: 16,000.

Specification: 30 g, .917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-48; KM-18.

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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.

Link to:

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