Tuvalu 2006 100 dollars

Heritage sale 3067, lot 32411

This specimen was lot 32411 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Tuvalu: Elizabeth II gold Proof "Corvette Sting Ray" 100 Dollars 2006 PR70 Ultra Cameo NGC. The highest technical grade awardable, rendering this modern gold proof truly 'as made'. Deeply mirrored fields, Elizabeth's portrait highly frosted whilst the reverse depiction of the Corvette Sting Ray has been colorized an eye-catching red." 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. The SCWC shows many pages of NCLT's, of which this issue is typical.

Recorded mintage: 250.

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

Catalog reference: KM 69.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• 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.
• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.

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