Bhutan 1979 sertum
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This specimen was lot 1322 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "BHUTAN: Jigme Singye Wangchuck, 1972-2006, AV sertum, 1979, 75th Anniversary of the Monarchy, mintage of 1,000 pieces, in original case and with official certificate of issue, Brilliant Unc, R." This format was used for several NCLT's in the 1970's and 1980's.
Recorded mintage: 1,000 + 1,000 proofs + more struck in platinum.
Specification: 7.99 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM-51.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
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