Tuvalu 2016-P 100 dollars

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 57921

This specimen was lot 57921 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TUVALU. 100 Dollars, 2016-P. Perth Mint. Elizabeth II. PCGS MS-70. Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor." Tuvalu is a Pacific island nation within the British Commonwealth. It was known as the Ellice Islands before independence in 1978. The islands were used as a staging area for US forces during attacks on the Japanese occupied Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati) during World War Two. Today, the population is about 10,000 and the major economic activity is processing frozen fish and remittances from Tuvaluans who work as merchant seamen. The Tuvaluan dollar is pegged to the Australian dollar. The last coinage for local circulation was struck in 1985, so locals probably use Australian or New Zealand coins for ordinary transactions.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine gold, 1.000 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM-unlisted.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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