Biafra 1969 6 pence

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 1242

This specimen was lot 1242 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $3,600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BIAFRA: Republic, 6 pence, 1969, a very rare type with only a few reported sales and this is a wonderful lustrous example! PCGS graded MS64, RR." Biafra herself lasted as a nation for just under three years, as independence was declared from Nigeria in 1967, only to have the uprising quelled in early 1970. The suppression of the Biafran revolt was carried out with the maximum destruction of property and life.

Recorded mintage: unknown; the SCWC states 5-10 pieces known.

Specification: aluminum.

Catalog reference: KM-12.

Source:

• 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 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• 1969 threepence
• 1969 shilling
• 1969 2½ shillings
• Biafra 1969 crown
• 1969 silver pound
• 1969 gold pound
• 1969 2 pounds
• 1969 5 pounds
• 1969 10 pounds
• 1969 25 pounds
• Coins and currency dated 1969