Hong Kong 1997 1000 dollars
This specimen was lot 6346 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,570 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HONG KONG, Elizabeth II, 1952-1997. 1.000 Dollars 1997, auf die Rückgabe Hong Kongs an China. Stadtansicht von Hong Kong. 14,65 g Feingold. GOLD. NGC mit der Bewertung PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO, Polierte Platte. (Hong Kong, Elizabeth II, 1952-97, one thousand dollars of 1977, on the return of Hong Kong to China. Obverse: city view. NGC PF-69 ULTRA CAMEO, proof.)"
Recorded mintage: 97,000 proofs.
Specification: 15.97 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.470 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 71, Fr-15.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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.
- Illustrated Catalog of Hong Kong Currency, Hong Kong: Mars Numismatic Co., 2012.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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