Comoros 1976 5000 francs

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 1670

This specimen was lot 1670 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $204. The catalog description^[1] noted, "COMOROS: Federal Islamic Republic, AR 5000 francs, 1976, Saïd Mohamed Cheikh, mintage only 500 coins, with COA and original case of issue, PCGS graded Proof 66 DCAM, R." A gold 10,000 francs (KM 11) and gold 20,000 francs (KM 12) accompany this issue.

Recorded mintage: 700 + 1,000 proofs.

Specification: 44.83 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-10.

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 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.

Link to:

• 1976 10,000 francs, Saïd Mohamed Cheikh/sunbird
• 1976 20,000 francs, Saïd Mohamed Cheikh/coelacanth
• Coins and currency dated 1976