Bermuda 1989 50 dollars

Stack's Bowers October 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74008

This specimen was lot 74008 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description^[1] noted, "[{Bermuda|BERMUDA]]. 50 Dollars, 1989. Elizabeth II. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. Hogge Money. Bright and flashy with hard mirror fields and frosted intricate devices. This low mintage issue garnered a nearly perfect grade from NGC and is tone, haze or fog." This "Hogge Money" theme was used on several NCLT's of 1989-90.

Recorded mintage: 500.

Specification: 15.60 g, 0.999 fine gold, 27 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-11; KM-59.

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, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1989 25 dollars, Hogge Money
• 1989 100 dollars, Hogge Money
• 1990 10 dollars, Hogge Money
• 1990 50 dollars, Hogge Money
• Coins and currency dated 1989