Bermuda 1988 5 dollars

Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73690

This specimen was lot 73690 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BERMUDA. 5 Dollars, 1988. Elizabeth II. GEM PROOF. Commemorating the San Antonio, a Portuguese carrack that met its fate on the west reefs of Bermuda in 1621. Deeply mirrored fields and satiny devices. In original box of issue. Attractive." This NCLT accompanied a palladium 25 dollars (KM 63).

Recorded mintage: 1,500.

Specification: 155.51 g, 0.999 fine silver, 65 mm diameter, 5 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-62.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1987 5 dollars, wreck of the Sea Venture, 5 oz silver
• 1987 25 dollars, wreck of the Sea Venture, 1 oz palladium
• 1988 25 cents
• 1988 25 dollars, wreck of the San Antonio
• 1990 10 cents
• 1990 10 dollars, Hogge Money
• 1990 50 dollars, Sommer Islands "Hogge Money"
• Coins and currency dated 1988